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THE WONDER BOOK 

HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS 


By 

CHARLES GERARD CONN 

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AUTHOR OF 

“THE SIXTH SENSE” 

COPYRIGHTED IN 1916 

“FOR THE GOOD OF THE WORLD AND FINDING THE 

REAL GOD” 

COPYRIGHTED IN 1919 


SELF MENTAL REGENERATION, MENTAL UP¬ 
BUILDING AND FREEDOM FROM INFLUENCES 
THAT INCITE WRONG DOING AND MENTAL 
AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY OF EVERY FORM 
AND NATURE WERE THE PRINCIPLES OUT¬ 
LINED AND ADVOCATED IN THE ABOVE 
NAMED BOOKS. 

READ AND MEND YOUR WAYS 




1923 

GEM PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 



COPYRIGHT 1923 
BY 

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CHARLES GERARD CONN 





BIOGRAPHICAL 


S HE author of this book, Mr. Charles 
Gerard Conn, was bora in the town of 
Phelps, New York, January 29, 1844, and 
like most active business men, his life has 
been of varied experience. On May 19, 1861, 
Mr. Conn enlisted in the Union army and re¬ 
mained in the service of his country until 
peace was declared in 1865. On his return 
to his home in Elkhart, Indiana, Mr. Conn 
became engaged in business, and afterwards 
was twice elected Mayor of the City of Elk¬ 
hart, then to the state legislature, and finally 
to the Congress of the United States. While 
in Washington, Mr. Conn became owner of 
the Washington Times, which newspaper he 
managed for several years. He was also 
owner and manager of the Elkhart Truth, a 
well known Northern Indiana newspaper. 
Mr. Conn is perhaps best known by the large 
musical instrument factory in Elkhart, 
which bears his name. 








WORDS OF GOOD CHEER 


A LL persons hopeful of achieving success 
and of maintaining good health, a cheer¬ 
ful disposition, and an intense desire to be¬ 
come worthy of the friendship, love and re¬ 
spect of people with whom they come in con¬ 
tact, should read this book carefully, 
thoughtfully and with the intention of living 
up to the precepts and advice to be found 
therein. The open way to the enjoyable 
things in human existence may be found in 
worthy thoughts, hopes and good conduct. 
There will always be more or less trouble to 
harrass and disturb our minds, but we should 
be prepared to meet such emergencies. Life 
may be transitory and uncertain; neverthe¬ 
less it may be made enjoyable and filled with 
good cheer. Live not for today or tomorrow, 
but for the charm of an upright life here on 
earth and the hope of an immortal future. 
Learn the art of mental up-building. Therein 
rests the secret of success, happiness and 


everything else that is good, wholesome and 
worth having. For the purpose of keeping 
the necessity of mental up-building upper¬ 
most in your minds I would suggest that you 
softly murmur the following prayer to 
yourself as often as possible: “Help me to 
do right. Help me to be sincere, earnest, 
honest and faithful.” 

Very Respectfully, 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS 


ILLUSTRATIONS 

Author . 6 

Chart of Brain Cellular Functions .... 201 

Biography of Author . 5 

Words of Good Cheer. 7 

I Mankind Is Not Controlled by Super¬ 


natural Influence. Formation of 
Celestial Bodies. Number of Solar 
Systems Known to Astronomers. 
Appearance of Animate and In¬ 
animate Existence. Formation of 
the Atmospheric Belt. 15 

II There is a Distinct and Separate 
Germ of Life For Each of the 
Varied Forms of Life. The Five 
Senses Control Our Physical 
Ability and the Sixth or Innate In¬ 
tellectual Sense Controls Our Men¬ 
tal Energy and Provides Ability to 
Upbuild the Intellect... 20 

III Influence of Immagination. There is 

No Supernatural Control. Sin and 
Wickedness Are Not Products of 
An Animal Nature. Mankind is 
Possessed With a Reasoning Sense. 27 

IV Belief in Immortal Existence. Man¬ 

kind a Favored Creation. The 
Varied Germs of Life. The Two 
Conflicting Mental Influences. The 
Cause of Brain Cellular Develop¬ 
ment. Reformation of Sinful 
Habits. 32 


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V The Purpose of the Endowment of the 
Sixth, or Innate Intellectual Sense. 
Mankind Controls Earthly Transi¬ 
tory Activities. The Cause of 
Earthly Progress. The Worship of 
God, the Creator. 37 


VI Worshipping the Creator. The Prob¬ 
lem of Immortality. Different 
Forms of Religious Belief. Ability 
to Achieve Success, to Think and 
Do, is a Brain Cellular Creation. 

Idiots and Morons are Examples 
of Brain Cellular Deficiency. 43 

VII But Few People Believe That There 
Is No Supernatural Control. 
Thought Must Be Framed Into 
Language. The Six Senses Provide 
the Only Means of Human Exist¬ 
ence. ... 52 


VIII The Most Important Thing in Life. 

How to Overcome Evil Influences. 
The Benefit of Prayer. The Un¬ 
changeable Law of Nature. Right 
Doing Upbuilds and Develops. 
Wrong Doing Injures and De¬ 


stroys. 57 

The Lord’s Prayer . 62 


IX God Does Not Control the Earthly 
Activities of Mankind. Proof of 
That Assertion May Be Found in 
Human Life. We Are Endowed By 
An Intellectual Sense to Promote 
Our Own Existence and to Attain 
Immortality. 63 


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X The Inheritance of Sins and Follies. 

The Reformation of Sinful Nature. 
Death-bed Repentance Will Not 
Prove To Be Effective. Innocent 
Little Children Are Worthy of Im¬ 
mortality. A Criminal Nature Is 
Most Difficult To Reform. 68 


XI The Knowledge Is Inherent That Im¬ 
mortality Awaits Those Who Have 
Made Themselves Worthy. There 
Could Be No Life Without the Use 
of the Senses. Our Bodies Are 
Simplv Machines Controlled By the 
Mind. 78 


XII Finding God, the Creator. We know 
That God Is Everywhere Through¬ 
out the Universe. He Inspires Our 
Thoughts and Upbuilds Our Lives. 
Immortality Is But a Step Across 
the Bounds of Mortal Existence. 

Life Upbuilds. Decadence Destroys. 83 


XIII That Deformed and Crippled People 
Who Came Into the World In That 
Condition Are Not Responsible For 
Their Misfortunes, and That It Is 
the Duty of Every Person to Make 
Their Burdens as Light as Possible 
By Showing Them Attention. 93 


XIV That Dreams Are Mental Activities 
Not Under Good Control. They Are 
Meaningless Except In One Partic¬ 
ular; They Indicate Disorders In 
One or More of Our Digestive, Cir¬ 
culatory, or Respiratory Func¬ 
tions. 98 


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XV That No Man or Woman Should Be 
Permitted to Marry Who Is Men¬ 
tally or Physically Deficient, or 
Who is Afflicted With a Disease or 
Infirmity That May Be Inherited... 103 

XVI That the Use of Good Common Sense 
is Essential to Success in all Un¬ 
dertakings, and as That Attribute 
is a Creation of Mental Training, 
Strenuous Efforts Should be Made 
to Secure its Development. .. 108 

XVII We Spend Too Much of Our Time in 
Wasting Mental Effort in Freaks 
of Imagination, or When Indulging 
Habits That Result in Mental In¬ 
jury.. 112 

XVIII That Individual Effort is Needed to 
Free the World From its Misery 
and Distress. No Money, No Uni¬ 
versal Campaign is Necessary to 
Bring About That Great Reform. 

It May Be Accomplished By Indi¬ 
vidual Self-Regeneration. . 116 

XIX Thoughts For Thinking People. Hpw 
to Attain Social Honors. Business 
Men Need a Sunny Nature. Plant¬ 
ing the Seed of Human Life. The 
Cause of Obesity and Gross Appe¬ 
tites. We Are Living in a Wastful 

Age. 120 

A Prayerful Suggestion . 130 

XX That Mankind Generally is the Pro¬ 
duct of Mental Training, of Mental 
Development, Should Be Under¬ 
stood By Every Person. 132 

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XXI 


XXII 


XXIII 


XXIV 


XXV 


XXVI 


That Man Should Learn to Do His 
Own Thinking, and Not Allow 
Others to Control and Influence His 
Conduct, Frequently Against His 
Best Interests. 136 


That Mental Distress and Cases of 
“Nerves” Result From Loss of 
Mental Control. Right Thinking 
and Right Doing Will Banish Such 
Evils. Fight Them Fearlessly 
Through the Medium of Prayer. 

That is the Panacea for Mental Ills. 143 


That Man Should Endeavor to Has¬ 
ten the Process of Developing His 
Mental and Physical Health and 
Vigor, by Abandoning the Use of 
Narcotics, Strong Drink, Tobacco 
and Other Deleterients. 149 


That the Mystery Concerning the 
Mental Development of Certain 
Types of Genius, and of Young 
Prodigies, May be Explained by 
Looking Up the Traits of Charac¬ 
ter of Their Ancestors. 154 


That Profanity, the Use of Swear 
Words, is an Indication of a Foul, 
Uncouth Mind, and its Use Should 
be Abandoned. . 161 


That Human Love is Supreme When 
Properly Developed, and That it is 
Mankind’s Chief Benefaction. When 
Not Reciprocated, Love Becomes a 
Distressing Torment... 164 







XXVII Stirring Up the Emotions to Recruit 
Church Members is Not Advisable. 
Such Methods of Inducing People 
to Reform Their Sinful Ways 


Should Not be Sanctioned by Re¬ 
ligious Organizations. . 169 

XXVIII That Man Does Much to Prevent the 
Enjoyment of a Long Life, and the 
Full Use of His Mentality.. 174 


XXIX That Intuition, Mental Instinct, is 
Another Proof That Man’s Infor¬ 
mation and Knowledge Acquired 
From Outside Sources Are Attain¬ 
ed by Means of the Five Senses. 178 

XXX That Ability to Do Things, to Accom¬ 
plish Satisfactory Results, to Bring 
About Successful Issues, to Ac¬ 
quire Knowledge, to Learn to 
Memorize and to Become Proficient 
in Physical Feats Are Results of 
Mental Training... 181 

XXXI That the Most Laudable Ambition to 
Which Man or Woman Could As¬ 
pire, is to Become a Parent of 
Healthy, Intellectual, Moral Chil¬ 
dren, With Vigorous, Active Men¬ 
talities. .. 188 


PART II. 

I The Six Senses. 195 

II Concerning Brain Cellular Develop¬ 
ment. 198 


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CHAPTER I 

READ AND MEND YOUR WAYS 
THE WONDER BOOK 

MANKIND IS NOT CONTROLLED BY SUPERNATURAL IN¬ 
FLUENCE. FORMATION OF CELESTIAL BODIES. NUM¬ 
BER OF SOLAR SYSTEMS KNOWN TO ASTRONOMERS. 
APPEARANCE OF ANIMATE AND INANIMATE EXIST¬ 
ENCE. FORMATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC BELT. 
DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH TO TWO MASSIVE 
PLANETS. MANKIND NOT AN OFF-SHOOT OR PRO¬ 
DUCT OF THE APE SPECIES. 

T IS essential to the welfare of 
humanity that we fully under¬ 
stand why mankind is in no way 
influenced or controlled during 
earthly existence by other power than that 
derived from our own minds. That state¬ 
ment may seem broad and inconsistent, but 
careful thought, observation of every day 
happenings, and an attentive, never-ceasing 
study of the vicissitudes of life will convince 
reasoning minds that it is absolute fact. In 
order to clearly explain why there is no 
supernatural control of mankind, nor of any¬ 
thing else in nature, it will be necessary to 
search the details of creative existence and 



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ascertain why we were given intellectual con¬ 
trol of earthly creations, and if possible, find 
the ways and means of celestial upbuilding, 
including the world we designate as the 
earth. 

Prominent astronomers claim that celes¬ 
tial bodies of all sizes and forms, are brought 
into existence by the rapid whirling for 
countless ages of matter collected from the 
ether of space during the process of rotation. 
In due course of time these bodies become 
heated and solidified as they traverse space 
in orbits created by magnetic influence, and 
after a long and incomprehensible period of 
years they then take their places in the uni¬ 
verse as celestial bodies. It should be noted 
that these celestial bodies are not only being 
constantly created, but that other worlds and 
planetary bodies already in existence are con¬ 
tinually being destroyed by ceaseless celes¬ 
tial activity. There are many worlds and 
other planetary bodies in the universe of 
which little or nothing is known, and which 
are larger and of vastly more importance 
than the earth we inhabit. 


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In a I’ecently published solar map it will 
be found that there are 145,000,000 solar 
systems now known to astronomers, and that 
this wonderful aggregation of solar mys¬ 
teries includes only such solar systems as 
could be reached and recorded by the use of 
a telescopic lens. As evidence of the illimit¬ 
able vastness of space and the inconceivable 
and countless number of planetary and other 
bodies in the universe, take note of two very 
massive stars recently discovered, each of 
which is at the extreme distance from the 
earth of 3000 light years. Light travels in 
space at the rate of 183,600 miles each sec¬ 
ond of time, and a light year is the distance 
light moves in 365 days. Readers desirous 
of ascertaining the distance from the earth 
to these planets in statute miles may do their 
own figuring. The above very limited glimpse 
in words of the universe and its planetary 
bodies is common knowledge to most readers, 
and mention of it is made as a faint illustra¬ 
tion of the vast and incomprehensible ex¬ 
panse of the universe, of which it is impos¬ 
sible to obtain satisfactory information. The 


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earth and its creations are so small and in¬ 
significant in comparison with the universe 
that we should not expect to be controlled 
and guided by supernatural power in the 
manner a mother would coddle her child. We 
are endowed with mental ability to take care 
of ourselves. Notwithstanding that fact, 
mankind and all else in creation are under 
the influence of omnipotent creative power. 

The appearance of animate and inani¬ 
mate existence on earth was unquestionably 
a part of the scheme of creation, and the 
germs of life, which cause the existence of 
so many separate and distinct family units 
of animate and inanimate creation, are prod¬ 
ucts of the ether of space together with the 
countless celestial bodies and other forms of 
creative existence. Heat derived from the 
sun first gave the earth its atmospheric belt, 
then followed vapor, clouds and rain, after 
which life in all of its different forms made 
its appearance. Countless other worlds 
throughout the universe, if surrounded with 
an atmospheric belt, are doubtless covered 
with animate and inanimate existence of the 


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same varied species found on the earth. We 
know nothing about them, other than what 
is learned by the use of the telescope, but we 
may surmise that they were created for the 
same purpose our world was brought into 
existence. 


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CHAPTER II 


VARIED FORMS OF LIFE. THERE IS A DISTINCT AND 
SEPARATE GERM OF LIFE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL 
SPECIES OR FAMILY UNIT OF LIFE. THE FIVE 
SENSES CONTROL OUR PHYSICAL ABILITY AND THE 
SIXTH OR INNATE INTELLECTUAL SENSE CONTROLS 
OUR MENTAL ENERGY AND PROVIDES ABILITY TO 
UPBUILD THE INTELLECT. WE CANNOT COMMUNI¬ 
CATE WITH EACH OTHER WITHOUT THE USE OF THE 
FIVE SENSES. THE REPRODUCTION OF LIFE. 

HE omnipotent Creator, when be¬ 
stowing the varied germs of an¬ 
imate and inanimate existence, 
created them in such a manner 
that each family unit, or species, is always 
kept separate and distinct from other family 
units and species. The procreative function 
of one particular form of creative existence 
will not supply the demand of another form 
of creative existence. All distinct varieties 
of both animate and inanimate life from the 
tiniest plant to the towering tree, or from 
the smallest insect to the huge and savage 
animal, will always remain the same. That 
provision of the Creator places the different 
forms and varieties of creative existence in- 



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dependent of each other, and continues in¬ 
definitely the peculiar characteristics that 
distinguish them from each other. That ex¬ 
act and discriminating method of separating 
the many family units, or species, in both 
animate and inanimate life, is evidence that 
the universe and its many worlds are not 
the result of chance. It is more than likely 
that other worlds in the universe capable of 
sustaining animate and inanimate existence 
are made populous and useful by the same 
germs of life that the Creator bestowed on 
earth. Science has never made known the 
secret of life, although evidence of its ex¬ 
istence may be found in every seed, nut and 
pollen in the vegetable kingdom, and in the 
procreative functions of every species of the 
animal kingdom. That secret will doubtless 
remain untold until the hidden knowledge of 
the creation of the universe is revealed. Only 
the Creator could make it known. 

When life first made its appearance on 
earth, both animate and inanimate existence 
must have been crude and undeveloped, and 
it was then that the human race, with their 


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still weak but superior mental energy, began 
the work of upbuilding their own minds and 
their earthly surroundings in a manner be¬ 
fitting their superior mental condition. Pre¬ 
historic researches do not fix the date when 
barbarous mankind first left records of an 
appearance on earth, but skeletal remains 
of primitive man discovered in Java, Ger¬ 
many and France indicate that human beings 
were in existence over sixty thousand years 
ago. How much longer they had lived on 
earth it is impossible to determine. 

Darwin and other scientists have endeav¬ 
ored to convince the public that mankind is 
an off-shoot, or product of the ape species. 
Prehistoric mankind was unquestionably bar¬ 
barous and ignorant, and possibly a develop¬ 
ment from an inferior creature in the earlier 
stages of life but the creative distinction 
from other species of animate existence has 
always been retained. That distinction is a 
rigid law of nature, made so by the endow¬ 
ment of the varied germs of life. The ape 
and monkey species have existed as animals 
by means of the five senses: touch, taste, 
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sight, smell and hearing, since the beginning 
of their existence. In addition to the five 
senses, mankind was endowed with the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense, which has en¬ 
abled the human family to rise from a bar¬ 
baric condition to their present status as 
rulers of the world and all it contains. The 
ape and monkey species are still in the ape 
and monkey class. They cannot rise above 
that condition because they are not possess¬ 
ed with an intellectual sense. 

The varied germs of life are the prime 
cause of the different forms of earthly ex¬ 
istence, and while we know nothing about 
the origin of life, it is without doubt an ele¬ 
ment employed in populating many of the 
numberless celestial worlds. We know from 
our own experience as individuals that every 
living member of earthly creation relies en¬ 
tirely on the use of one or more of the senses 
and the energy supplied by the germ of life, 
to maintain an existence, and that each sepa¬ 
rate, distinct form of life is independent of 
other forms of life. We further know that 
the atmospheric belt surrounding the world 

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is essential to the maintenance of life, and 
that the varied forms of life will succeed 
each other in the same independent units 
and species in which they now exist. As an 
example of successive reproduction take a 
newly-born infant invested with the germ of 
life by its parents. There is nothing unusual 
in the birth or existence of that child except 
what naturally follows as it increases in sta¬ 
ture, mental strength and physical develop¬ 
ment. The germ of life as bestowed by the 
parents was its only inheritance, and from 
that alone the child derives ability to de¬ 
velop and grow into adult life. Each indi¬ 
vidual member of the different species and 
family units of creative animate and inani¬ 
mate existence is a reproduction caused by 
the mating of the male and female sexes. 
That mating in inanimate existence is ac¬ 
complished by the use of pollen and similar 
processes. The method of mating between 
sexes of animate existence is familiar to 
readers. The mating and the transfer of the 
germ of life from the male to the female 
sex is essential to the reproduction of all 


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forms of creative existence in both the ani¬ 
mal and vegetable kingdoms. Like produces 
like when mating for reproduction. A pig¬ 
my cannot beget a giant, nor will an apple 
tree produce a walnut. 

The most difficult thing for many people 
to understand in connection with the endow¬ 
ment of the germ of human life from which 
we derive mental force, physical ability and 
all else that enables us to live, thrive and 
be happy, is that we cannot communicate 
with each other without the use of the five 
senses: touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing. 
These senses control every avenue of our 
nervous system, and are the outpost sentries 
through which all information and knowl¬ 
edge must be received and imparted. The 
sixth, or innate intellectual sense, stores 
away in the memory cells of the brain or¬ 
gan the information and knowledge received 
through the use of the five senses, and it 
gives us ability to do everything we do ex¬ 
cept to touch, taste, smell, see and hear. The 
five senses belong to our physical nature and 
control our physical activities. The sixth, or 

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innate intellectual sense, controls our mental 
energy and provides ability to upbuild the in¬ 
tellect. The brain cellular abilities bestowed 
by the Creator, bar and prohibit the possibil¬ 
ity of supernatural influence and control as a 
means of communication. There is no other 
way of inciting the mental activities of the 
brain cellular organ of mankind unless by 
the use of the six senses. The germ of hu¬ 
man life provides the energizing force. 


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CHAPTER III 


INFLUENCE OF IMMAGINATION. THERE IS NO SUPER¬ 
NATURAL CONTROL. SIN AND WICKEDNESS ARE 
NOT PRODUCTS OF AN ANIMAL NATURE. MANKIND 
IS POSSESSED WITH A REASONING SENSE. 

MAGINATION often plays an im¬ 
portant part in our faith in super¬ 
natural control. In times of 
trouble, fear, need, grief, disap¬ 
pointment and despondency, we frequently 
are inclined to seek the aid of mediums and 
others who represent themselves as being 
under the influence of spirits of the departed, 
or similar supposedly miraculous control. We 
seem to lose sight of the fact that all per¬ 
sons are created alike in the use of their 
mental faculties, and that if there were such 
a thing as supernatural control any of us 
could summon its assistance to our relief. 
There is no supernatural control, nor spirit¬ 
ual influence; no communications from the 
departed and no mental healing except such 
as dwells within our own natures. Every 
human being is possessed with the germ of 



THE WONDER BOOK 


life endowed b,y the Creator, and by means 
of our own ability developed by the use of 
that germ we may free ourselves from or¬ 
dinary troubles and complaints. There could 
not be such a thing as external supernatural 
control, although that statement is in direct 
contradiction to the belief of many wise and 
well-informed people. If there were an out¬ 
side supernatural control for good purposes, 
there would also be a similar influence for 
evil, and such a conclusion cannot be sub¬ 
stantiated. The world is filled with wicked¬ 
ness of every form and nature, and frequent¬ 
ly people supposed to be above reproach fall 
into sinful ways apparently without reason 
or cause for so doing. Their degeneration 
was not the result of an external evil inflence, 
but was brought about by their own mental 
weakness. Mental nervous weakness often 
induces persons to seek supernatural assist¬ 
ance, and they invariably are disappointed. 

It has been claimed that sin is a product 
of our animal nature and that righteousness 
and worthiness are the endowments of God. 
That claim will not bear investigation. Both 


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righteousness and sin are products of the 
mind controlled by the innate intellectual 
sense. The animal senses: touch, taste, sight, 
smell and hearing cannot discern right from 
wrong as the human mind understands them, 
therefore sin could not be a product of our 
animal nature. We do right or wrong in ac¬ 
cordance with our mental development. An 
animal acting under the control of the five 
senses cannot distinguish the difference be¬ 
tween right and wrong and is guided entire¬ 
ly by instinct, inclination, desire, habit or 
training. A child brought up where there 
was no sin would never know its meaning 
or influence. Both worthiness and wicked¬ 
ness are the result of mental development. 
An animal may be trained to do right, but 
its right doing is usually caused by fear of 
punishment. A human being under the in¬ 
fluence of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense, thinks and reasons why there is a diff¬ 
erence between right and wrong. An ani¬ 
mal has no reasoning power and is mentally 
indifferent to everything but the mainten¬ 
ance of an existence, obedience to its mas- 


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ter, and mating for the reproduction of life. 
Human life is a constant struggle for self- 
upbuilding and for the good of the world. 
Animal life does not progress unless aided 
by instinct or by the training of mankind. 

Of all creation, mankind is the only species 
of life possessed with ability to overcome an 
evil nature, to achieve success and to seek a 
future existence. It may be claimed that the 
Creator should have brought His favorite 
creation, the human race, into the world per¬ 
fect and without sin, and not compel them 
to upbuild their minds and cast aside their 
sinful natures before they are entitled to 
immortality. That same argument might be 
made relative to the creation of the world. 
The world was created by a process that re¬ 
quired eons and eons of time to make it 
habitable, such a lapse of time that the hu¬ 
man mind could hardly compute or under¬ 
stand it were the information accessible. 
Everything in creation must have its begin¬ 
ning and its process of development, and 
mankind is not an exception. Human beings 
are products of many thousands of years of 


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development, and they have reclaimed them¬ 
selves from a brutal, savage state by the 
use of a mental energy with which they have 
been endowed by the Creator for that ex¬ 
press purpose. The old time declaration that 
the world was created in six days and that 
Adam was born practically by word of com¬ 
mand is a delicate piece of fiction. The in¬ 
formation concerning the creation of the 
world, now in possession of every reader of 
astronomical and geological reports, has 
caused such a change in public sentiment 
that it is necessary to seek the real reason 
for the creation of the human race with 
their wonderful mental ability. 


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CHAPTER IV 


BELIEF IN IMMORTAL EXISTENCE. MANKIND A FAV¬ 
ORED CREATION. THE VARIED GERMS OF LIFE. THE 
TWO CONFLICTING MENTAL INFLUENCES. THE 

CAUSE OF BRAIN CELLULAR DEVELOPMENT. RE¬ 

FORMATION OF SINFUL HABITS. 

INCE the beginning mankind has 
been impressed with the belief 
that immortal existence would 

follow life on earth, and that 

there was an unknown Creator. The prime 
cause of that belief, when the faculties of 
mankind were undeveloped and untrained, 
was the passing of the seasons, the varied 
unexplained changes in nature and the ap¬ 
pearance of celestial phenomena. Even now, 
in this day of intellectual enlightment, few 
people can look at the heavens with its num¬ 
berless, countless stars on a bright night 
without feeling that God, the sublime Crea¬ 
tor, is near, and that we are under His pro¬ 
tection. There is good reason to believe that 
this indescribable feeling will sometime be¬ 
come a reality. Human beings are unques- 

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tionably the favored children of the Creator, 
or why were they endowed with the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense? That apparent 
blessing explains the cause of worldly de¬ 
velopment, the growth and progress of scien¬ 
tific and mechanical and inventive discover¬ 
ies, the upbuilding of earthly creations and 
the regeneration of individual thought. Ex¬ 
planation has been made of the value and im¬ 
portance of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense, and it will again be referred to as en¬ 
dowment of the Creator, for the purpose of 
enabling each individual member of the hu¬ 
man family to become worthy of immortal¬ 
ity. 

The use of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense, has placed the human family above 
the need of external, supernatural guidance. 
It has afforded them mental ability and op¬ 
portunity to rise above a bestial state of ex¬ 
istence and assume control of worldly crea¬ 
tions. That rise from bestiality has been 
slow and has extended over many ages, prob¬ 
ably since the beginning of prehistoric life, 
and during that lapse of time mankind un- 

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der the influence of the sixth, or innate in¬ 
tellectual sense has accomplished wonders. 
That innate sense has not only benefited 
mankind, but it has energized ability to civil¬ 
ize most of the world by clearing up its dark 
places. As long as human beings are guided 
by the use of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense in their pursuits, conquests and dis¬ 
coveries, the world and its creations will con¬ 
tinue to develop and become more desirable. 
Bestiality and sin will eventually disappear 
and intellectual life and happiness will pre¬ 
vail. 

To better understand the use of the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense and its ;control 
over the human faculties, it will be necessary 
to describe in detail the seat of its energy 
and the effect of its activities. The brain 
organ with its innumerable cells, is the seat 
and energizing factor of all of our mental 
and physical activities. We could not move, 
think, make use of the five senses nor do any¬ 
thing in life without first having the impluse 
incited by brain cellular energy. Thoughts, 
inclinations, desires, deeds worthy or un- 


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worthy, have their origin in the cellular 
tissue of the brain organ. These thoughts 
and their contemporaneous impulses owe 
their existence to either cellular inheritance, 
or to our own mental upbuilding. They 
do not emanate from spiritual or other 
supernatural source. They are the result 
exclusively and entirely of our own brain 
cellular activities, and these activities are 
energized wholly by the germ of human 
life with which we were endowed by the Om¬ 
nipotent Creator. That germ not only in¬ 
spires our existence as human beings, but it 
supplies the energizing influence that creates 
thought, mental impulse, physical activities 
and the development of the brain cellular 
organ. The innate intellectual sense is an 
attribute of the germ of human life, and its 
possession indicates the difference between 
human and other animal life that exists by 
the use of the five senses. In other words, 
the germ of human life with its sixth, or in¬ 
nate intellectual sense is the cause of the 
existence of mankind, the highest type of 
earthly animate creation. Each separate fam- 

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ily unit throughout creative existence has its 
own peculiar and distinctive germ of life, 
and by the use of the varied forms of the 
germ of life, during the process of reproduc¬ 
tion and procreation, the countless different 
units of creative existence are kept separate 
and distinct from each other. 


CHAPTER V 


THE PURPOSE OF THE ENDOWMENT OF THE SIXTH, 
OR INNATE INTELLECTUAL SENSE. MANKIND CON- 
TROLS EARTHLY TRANSITORY ACTIVITIES. THE 
CAUSE OF EARTHLY PROGRESS. THE WORSHIP OF 
GOD, THE CREATOR. 

must be apparent to studious, 
thoughtful people that all human 
beings were endowed with the 
sixth, or innate intellectual sense 
for the purpose of using it to control them¬ 
selves and other earthly creations. There 
is a God, a Supreme Creator, whose influence, 
power and control throughout the universe 
is supreme, potent, and above and beyond 
human comprehension, but that influence is 
not exercised in protecting earthly creations 
from the varied dangers, troubles and mis¬ 
fortunes that cause so much grief and dis¬ 
tress. The prevailing influence that domi¬ 
nates and controls the development and 
guidance of earthly affairs evidently has its 
origin in the minds of mankind. There could 
be no doubt about the correctness of that 



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conclusion. The proof of its truthfulness 
may be found in every human mind, and in 
all progress and development since the be¬ 
ginning of mortal existence. Mankind can¬ 
not control the elements of creation, the re¬ 
volutions of the earth, the changing of the 
seasons, the rise and fall of the tides and 
similar earthly activities, but mankind can 
and does control all transitory activities from 
the carrying on of cruel, murderous warfare 
to the upbuilding of its own race. There 
could be no more convincing evidence that 
there is no supernatural or unknown control 
of human or earthly affairs than may be 
found in the foregoing statement. The en¬ 
dowment of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense by the Creator, has placed mankind 
in charge of transitory earthly activities. 
That endowment is the cause of earthly 
progress, and the use of the innate sense 
while mankind is under the control of a bes¬ 
tial nature also accounts for the existence 
of cruelty, sinfulness and other forms of 
wickedness. 

In almost every human mind there are 


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two conflicting influences which cause much 
distress and unhappiness. One influence is 
continually striving for the control of our 
mental faculties for right doing, and the op¬ 
posing influence is constantly on the alert 
to lead us into sinful ways. These opposing 
influences are the result of brain cellular de¬ 
velopment either inherited from our fore¬ 
fathers, or made active by our own efforts 
during the time of our mental training as 
individuals. Every thought, act or deed dur¬ 
ing a mortal existence incites and establishes 
brain cellular development at the time of its 
activity, or if the development has previously 
been made, the mental activity that caused 
its creation will be repeated. In that way 
and by means of cellular development our 
life record is established and recorded in the 
cerebral organ. If that record is clean and 
desirable the cellular influence that inspires 
right doing will control our mental and phy¬ 
sical activities. If, on the contrary, our men¬ 
tality is controlled by an opposing evil in¬ 
fluence our record will be far from creditable, 
and it will be difficult to prevent our doing 


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wrong in any walk of life. 

The reformation of sinful ways and bad 
habits, and the abandonment of appetites 
and desires that cause mental and physical 
disorders is not a spiritual process, and does 
not require a pledge of fidelity to any parti¬ 
cular church or form of religious belief, al¬ 
though such an affiliation is recommended, 
and all forms of religious worship organized 
for the purpose of upbuilding the welfare of 
humanity are worthy of public support and 
deserving of individual cooperation. The 
principal thing to be accomplished in the 
work of regenerating mind and body is to 
overcome mental development that destroys 
health, happiness and hope of immortality. 
Wickedness, sinful deeds and physical weak¬ 
ness of every form and nature are creations 
of an objectionable cellular influence, and the 
way to effectually destroy that influence is 
to replace it by mental effort with a more 
desirable cellular development. Church wor¬ 
ship, religious thought and prayerful ap¬ 
peals, sincere and devout, for divine assist¬ 
ance will prove to be of great service in 


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bringing about the mental regeneration, but 
the reformation will be entirely the result of 
individual effort. The only control that will 
be helpful is that inspired by our own men¬ 
tal activities. There could be no spiritual 
or other control than that derived from the 
germ of human life endowed by the Creator, 
which energizes and actuates our mental 
faculties and gives strength and vigor to our 
bodies. 

If the above assertions were not truth and 
fact beyond honest and sincere criticism, 
there would not be a wicked or objectionable 
person in existence, nor anything else unde¬ 
sirable to harass our lives or mar our happi¬ 
ness. God is good, and if He were in per¬ 
sonal control of this world there would be 
no wars, pestilence, cruelty, ignorance, epi¬ 
demics, earthquakes, disease, starvation, ac¬ 
cidents, conflictions of religious belief and 
other sources of distress to afflict and de¬ 
stroy His creations. Sincere, honest pray¬ 
ers for the relief of suffering humanity are 
daily offered in greater numbers than there 
are human beings in the entire world. And 


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yet there has been no supernatural relief, 
and suffering and distress continue their 
never ceasing tortures. God, does not per¬ 
sonally control our earthly existence. 


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CHAPTER VI 


WORSHIPPING THE CREATOR. THE PROBLEM OF IM¬ 
MORTALITY. DIFFERENT FORMS OF RELIGIOUS BE¬ 
LIEF. ABILITY TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS. TO THINK AND 
DO, IS A BRAIN CELLULAR CREATION. IDIOTS AND 
MORONS ARE EXAMPLES OF BRAIN CELLULAR DE¬ 
FICIENCY. 


gSMIT is essential to our welfare that we 
should worship the Creator with 
all of the fervor, zeal and sincer- 
* ity we can energize for that pur¬ 
pose. We know and realize what a blessing 
He bestowed on us as individual members of 
mankind when we were endowed with abil¬ 
ity to control the transitory activities of the 
world and make it the abiding place of pros¬ 
perity, happiness and right doing. Our duty 
on earth is to do right in all of our under¬ 
takings, and to help our fellowkind when¬ 
ever opportunity affords, to overcome incli¬ 
nations, passions and propensities for wrong 
doing and to prepare ourselves for an im¬ 
mortal existence. That duty is advocated 
and made the life work of members of church 
organizations, but these members do not 




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understand that sinful reformation is ac¬ 
complished by brain cellular regeneration. 
That lack of information, however, does not 
prevent the regeneration from being accomp¬ 
lished when an objectionable cerebral influ¬ 
ence is replaced by a cellular development 
that causes right doing. That method of re¬ 
formation leads to the two great objects in 
life, to achieve success and to become worthy 
of immortality. 

The problem of immortality has never been 
solved to the satisfaction of inquiring minds. 
Heretofore there has seemed to be no con¬ 
vincing way of deciding what is to be the 
fate of mankind after mortal life has ceased 
to exist. We are told by theologists that im¬ 
mortality awaits the coming of human be¬ 
ings who have made themselves worthy of 
that transition. Another class of futurists 
announce that we will pass into spirit life 
after our demise. Other foretellers, while 
hopeful of transcendency, are convinced that 
the sleep of oblivion is the doom of mortals. 
There is this truth to be considered. No 
person stricken by the hand of death has 


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ever returned to give information of a future 
existence, unless we accept the statements of 
spiritualist mediums and their followers, or 
are willing to agree with unconfirmed re¬ 
ports that come from everywhere. Notwith¬ 
standing these facts which are known to 
readers generally, there is good reason to be¬ 
lieve that mankind was endowed with an em¬ 
bryo soul in connection with the bestowal of 
the sixth, or innate intellectual sense. From 
no other source could the astonishing mental 
ability of mankind have been derived. It is 
true that this marvelous ability has not al¬ 
ways been employed for the benfit of its pos¬ 
sessor nor for the good of the world, but men¬ 
tal power is individual and death will pro¬ 
vide a penalty for our earthly transgressions. 
The seat of mental energy and the control¬ 
ling influence of our abilities, is the brain 
organ, but our mortal existence is energized 
by the germ of human life, and that germ 
with its soul-like intellectual sense is imper¬ 
ishable, unless its virtues are sacrificed here 
on earth by acts of wrong doing. 

Different forms of religious belief advo- 


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cate varied means of immortal attainment, 
but the faith of mankind in the existence of 
a Merciful God is supreme and well founded. 
Christianity claims the endowment of a soul 
as a means of securing salvation. Spiritual¬ 
ism is a belief in spirit life. Budhists de¬ 
clare that there is transmigration of the soul 
from one form of existence to another until 
perfection has been attained. Mohammedan¬ 
ism is a belief in transcendency to Paradise 
as a reward for religious fidelity, and other 
forms of religious belief in both ignorant and 
intelligent circles are invariably declarations 
of faith in an unknown Supreme Creator. It 
is safe to assert that all persons, members of 
church or otherwise, who are free from sin¬ 
ful influences and who live and let live in this 
world of greed, grief and rapacity, will be 
welcomed to another and better existence at 
the close of mortal life. Religious declara¬ 
tions, religious thought, religious life, relig¬ 
ious worship and religious influence are prac¬ 
tically responsible for the moral development 
of the present civilization, but notwith¬ 
standing that wonderful influential power 

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there is still a lack of Christ-like mercy, mod¬ 
esty and sympathy among many who have 
been greatly benefited by that development. 
Wealthy people with sordid minds often 
wield a controlling influence over commercial 
and industrial affairs that cause great dis¬ 
tress among poor people. It seems strange 
that such persons should be allowed to kneel 
before God, and appeal for mercy and guid¬ 
ance for themselves while in possession of 
big bank accounts accumulated by the labor 
of employees suffering from want. The 
watchword of all religious life, the heartfelt 
pleading of every church member and the 
moral influence of those who claim to be 
children of God, should always be for the 
emancipation of the suffering poor and the 
salvation of those in need of Christ-like sym¬ 
pathy and protection. 

Experience has demonstrated that relig¬ 
ious thought and practical teachings are the 
best and most effective methods of arousing 
inclinations and desires for sinful reforma¬ 
tion. The emotional nature of mankind is 
easily awakened by religious ceremonial 

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rites, music, the recital of rituals, reading of 
the Bible and other ways of presenting means 
of moral culture to anxious minds, all of 
which have exerted a beneficial influence 
throughout the world. There have been in¬ 
stances where charlatism has aroused un¬ 
necessary criticism of religious belief, but in 
general, religious thought and worship have 
greatly benefitted mankind. The worst and 
most serious drawback to religious promo¬ 
tion has been its different forms of worship, 
creeds, and opinions as to what constitutes 
and causes salvation. There are not so many 
different forms of religious worship in exist¬ 
ence now as there were when religious 
thought was undefined and not well devel¬ 
oped. In the days when warfare was re¬ 
sorted to for the purpose of proselyting con¬ 
verts, death was not considered an un-Godly 
method of disposing of religious opposition. 
Individuals under the influence of fanatic 
piety have often commended religious mur¬ 
der. There must be a strange lack of com¬ 
mon sense in the minds of people who believe 
that a kind, merciful, loving God, with power 


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to control human affairs would permit His 
favored creation to quarrel, fight and destroy 
each other because they did not agree on a 
specified form of Divine worship. Such a 
lamentable condition of religious affairs 
ought to destroy faith in the existence of a 
personal God, who is supposed to overlook 
and guide us in our undertakings. There is 
no personal God. 

The fact that there are not so many dif¬ 
ferent forms of religious worship today, and 
that human beings have discontinued killing 
each other because of religious dissention, is 
a cheerful indication of advanced intellectual 
development, and a good cause for hope that 
the time is near at hand when there will be 
no more religious contention. Religious wor¬ 
ship considered from a practical standpoint 
is our best means of mental development for 
right doing. Its effect on the mind is solely 
individual and its influence is restricted to 
the strengthening of individual mental con¬ 
trol. The only difference between the ac¬ 
quirement of an education and the develop¬ 
ment of religious self-control is that informa- 
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tion and knowledge is stored away in the 
brain cellular memory cells, and a mental 
control attained by right doing is the result 
of upbuilding a cerebral influence to domin¬ 
ate the mind. Both influences are acquired 
by individual mental endeavor, and their de¬ 
velopment is incited by the sixth, or innate 
intellectual sense. The use of that sense has 
upbuilded religious thought and instigated 
its advancement, and that mental upbuilding 
has created a supreme desire for immor¬ 
tality. 

In direct opposition to the above asser¬ 
tion is the fact that the sixth, or innate in¬ 
tellectual sense may be developed for both 
right and wrong doing, and that statement 
may be verified by every sensible person. 
Ability to think and do is a brain cellular 
creation resulting from mental development, 
and the thought or deed may be for either 
right or wrong doing. We may go to church 
and take an active part in religious services, 
and immediately after church services do 
something contrary to the edicts of law and 
order. Both acts would be prompted by the 


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activities of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense. All of our acts and deeds, except 
when we touch, taste, smell, see or hear, are 
incited by the use of the intellectual sense. 
An idiot has no development of that sense 
or knowledge of its use. The intellectual 
cells of an idiot, for some unknown reason, 
are lifeless and cannot be developed. The 
moron is another example of human brain 
cellular deficiency. The inclinations and pro¬ 
clivities of a moron are usually of a criminal 
nature. Mention is made of these examples 
of mental deficiency to convince skeptical 
readers that every thought, impulse, act or 
deed, religious or otherwise, is the result of 
brain cellular activities. We are both re¬ 
ligiously and sinfully inclined, and are good, 
bad, or indifferent, or are intelligent or wit¬ 
less in accordance with our mental develop¬ 
ment. That development is the result of men¬ 
tal training and it defines our standing in 
mortal life. If we are entitled to a future 
existence it will be because of the worthiness 
of our mental training and the development 
of a soul. 


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CHAPTER VII 


BUT FEW PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO SUPER¬ 
NATURAL CONTROL. THOUGHT MUST BE FRAMED 
INTO LANGUAGE. THE SIX SENSES PROVIDE THE 
ONLY MEANS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. THERE IS A 
PREVAILING IMPRESSION IN SOME CIRCLES OF AN 
UNIVERSAL MIND. THE MANIFEST DUTY OF SANE 
PERSONS. A COMMON, ORDINARY DREAM IS AN IN¬ 
DICATION OF BRAIN CELLULAR ACTIVITY. THOUGHTS 
AND DEEDS ARE ENERGIZED BY THE GERM OF 
HUMAN LIFE. 

OST people find it difficult to believe 
that there is no supernatural or 
external influence to guide and 
control our mental and physical 
activities. Nevertheless that is forceful 
truth beyond dispute and contradiction. 
There is positively no way of reaching the 
mind unless it is done by the use of the five 

i 

senses, and these senses inspire thoughts 
and deeds by arousing or inciting the activi¬ 
ties of the sixth, or innate intellectual sense. 
The germ of human life supplies the ener¬ 
gizing force and consequently our thoughts 
and deeds are the result of brain cellular ac¬ 
tivity. But before there could be brain cel- 



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lular activity there must be brain cellular de¬ 
velopment. Stop and think for a moment. 
Thought must from necessity be framed 
into language before it can be used. We 
may fancy mental scenes by the use of 
our imagination or of the memory, but 
we cannot picture thought because it is in 
reality a creation of the intellectual sense, a 
result of education and cannot be imagined. 
Before we can think intelligently we must 
seek knowledge. A child without learning 
of some form or nature has no thought. The 
same may be said of an adult or of a beast. 
There must first be a development of the 
innate intellectual sense if only to a limited 
degree, before there could be thought. Under 
such circumstances there could not possibly 
be a supernatural or any other external in¬ 
fluence to guide or control our earthly activi¬ 
ties. The mind must be reached by means 
of the senses. We must see, touch, taste, 
smell or hear before our brain cellular activi¬ 
ties can be aroused. There positively is no 
other way of reaching the brain cellular 
organism. 


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If readers of this book would take the 
trouble to shut themselves up in a dark room 
for a specified length of time where they 
would not be disturbed except by their own 
thoughts, there would be proof sufficient that 
the above statement is correct. The sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense cannot be aroused 
by supernatural or external influence for the 
reason that the only avenue to the brain cel¬ 
lular organ from outside sources is controlled 
by the five senses. Therefore our only 
method of upbuilding the mind and of ac¬ 
quiring knowledge and information, and of 
developing the sixth or innate intellectual 
sense is by the use of the five senses. When 
developed, strengthened and made active, the 
innate intellectual sense exercises a wonder¬ 
ful influence over human life. It affords 
ability to achieve success in laudable under¬ 
takings, to become happy and contented, to 
acquire knowledge and finally, to attain im¬ 
mortality. As before stated the sixth, or in¬ 
nate intellectual sense is an especial endow¬ 
ment to mankind by the Creator, and it was 
bestowed in connection with the germ of 


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human life, from which we derive energy 
and power to control earthly transitory af¬ 
fairs and maintain an existence. 

The impression prevails in some circles 
that there is an Universal Mind, ostensibly 
that of the Creator, which controls human 
activities when sought after by prayerful 
methods. It must be apparent to thoughtful 
people that a just God, or Creator, would 
not extend mercy to one individual and with¬ 
hold it from another no matter what the cir¬ 
cumstances might be, provided it was His in¬ 
tention to do so. Mankind was practically 
created in a bestial condition, if we may 
place credence in prehistoric discoveries, and 
whatever development and progress the 
human race has made since the time of their 
creation has been accomplished entirely by 
their own efforts. That mental and physical 
upbuilding is due exclusively to the use of 
the sixth or innate intellectual sense. An 
alleged Universal Mind had nothing to do 
with it or human beings would not have been 
so long digging out of the wilderness. 

It is the manifest duty of every sane per- 


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son to look fact and common sense squarely 
in the face and stop relying on what is known 
as supernatural guidance to achieve success 
in any form or nature. Everything in life 
from the cradle to the grave, from our ABC 
experience to the accumulation of wealth, 
from the little prayer, “Now I lay me down 
to sleep” time to the attainment of immor¬ 
tality, must be acquired by individual mental 
endeavor. Every form of religious worship, 
each particular psychic, spiritual, theosophic 
or other science, also all other methods of 
mental upbuilding, must rely on brain cellu¬ 
lar regeneration for the accomplishment of 
its purpose. All thoughts and deeds, relig¬ 
ious or otherwise, are the result of brain 
cellular activities incited by the senses and 
energized by the germ of human life. There 
is no correct way of contradicting that truth. 
Even an ordinary dream indicates brain cel¬ 
lular activity, and so does everything we do 
connected or associated with human life from 
the beginning to the end of mortal existence. 


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CHAPTER VIII 


THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE. HOW TO OVER¬ 
COME EVIL INFLUENCES. THE BENEFIT OF PRAYER. 
THE UNCHANGEABLE LAW OF NATURE. RIGHT DO¬ 
ING UPBUILDS AND DEVELOPS. WRONG DOING IN¬ 
JURES AND DESTROYS. 

HE most important thing in life is 
the possession of such mental at¬ 
tributes as gentleness, modesty, 
good demeanor, purity of thought 
and speech, ability to upbuild the mind and 
an unsullied reputation. All of the wealth 
in the world could not purchase one of these 
invaluable acquirements, yet they are within 
the reach of every sane person. Riches may 
buy what seem to be the comforts and pleas¬ 
ures of life, and they may bolster up a sul¬ 
lied reputation, or purchase public office, or 
do many things to secure popularity, but 
they will fail to acquire peace of mind, a 
clear conscience, or hope of that greatest of 
rewards, immortality. The man of wealth 
may say, “Why waste time seeking a bliss 
of which we know nothing? Let us enjoy 



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the pleasures of life while the cup of joy is 
waiting.” That also would be the reply of 
many people when requested to join a 
church, especially those who have little con¬ 
fidence in a future existence. But while we 
have no evident proof of the last transition 
there is almost a certainty that the endow¬ 
ment of the sixth or innate intellectual sense 
was for the purpose of enabling mankind to 
upbuild a soul and seek that everlasting re¬ 
ward. 

There is only one way of overcoming a 
mental influence for wrong doing, and that 
is by protracted, earnest, sincere personal 
endeavor. Religious worship, association with 
creditable people, attendance of acceptable 
entertainments, especially those of a musical 
nature, and a thoughtful study of the differ¬ 
ent phases of creative existence will be of 
great assistance in developing a desirable 
mental control. But the real benefit to be 
derived from a protracted effort to upbuild 
the mind is to be had by sincere, earnest, 
fervid prayer uttered in silence and alone. 
Humble, contrite prayer, in which the men- 


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tal effort is centered on the one object of 
becoming worthy of immortality, is in real¬ 
ity our only successful means of developing 
a mental control for right doing. There must 
be a change of brain cellular development, 
and that may only be effected by individual 
endeavor. Thought and desire for wrong 
doing must be eradicated and replaced by a 
better and more desirable cerebral influence. 
Prayerful petitions addressed to our Father, 
the Creator, to whom we owe our existence, 
will effectually upbuild the innate intellectual 
sense and cause us to become worthy of a 
future existence. Our prayers should be the 
utterance of intense desire, and prayers for 
right doing present the most practical 
method of changing our natures. As evi¬ 
dence of protracted desire on the mind, let it 
be understood that long continued thoughts 
of wrong doing would eventually cause us to 
become entirely under the control of an evil 
nature. Our ability to do right or to do 
wrong is the result of mental, development. 

It is wrong to pray for the promotion of 
selfish interests, and prayer for anything 

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connected with personal gain or public wel¬ 
fare will not be effective. When we pray for 
the protection of those we love, or for the 
good of the country and for those who ad¬ 
minister its affairs, the prayerful petition 
will exert a helpful influence on our own 
minds, but that is as far as it will go. The 
influence of prayer, or of any other mental 
emanation, cannot reach and control the 
mental activities of another person unless it 
is done by the use of the five senses. That 
is an unchangeable law of nature. The sixth 
or intellectual sense enables us to impart in¬ 
formation and knowledge by means of 
speech, but information and knowledge can¬ 
not be received unless by use of the five 
senses. For that reason uttered prayers for 
the benefit of others are ineffectual unless 
spoken in the hearing of the persons for 
whom the supplication is made. Pray earn¬ 
estly, honestly, for your own salvation and 
urge others to do the same. The hope of im¬ 
mortality rests entirely within our own indi¬ 
vidual efforts, and the last transition will not 
be made unless we are worthy. 


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The Lord's Prayer will develop a wonder¬ 
ful influence for right doing in the minds of 
those desirous of overcoming sinful thoughts 
and desires. There could be no better mo¬ 
tive to guide our thoughts and deeds than 
the one created by frequent and sincere ut¬ 
terances of that simple, impressive, prayer¬ 
ful supplication. Prayer, frequent, sincere, 
earnest and fervid is our best method of 
strengthening the mind. It not only stimu¬ 
lates the mind, but it gives strength and 
vigor to our physical functions. Prayer cre¬ 
ates an ability to seek the right and to do 
right, and right doing develops and main¬ 
tains mental and physical health. Wrong 
doing on the contrary destroys mental and 
physical ability by creating desires, habits, 
appetites and excesses that impair mental 
and physical energy. Right doing upbuilds 
and develops. Wrong doing injures and 
destroys. 


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2Uje Smrit’s ftapr 


OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE 
THY NAME. 

THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH 
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. 

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. 

AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR 
DEBTORS, 

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION. BUT DELIVER 
US FROM EVIL, 

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND 
THE GLORY, FOREVER. AMEN. 


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GOD DOES NOT CONTROL THE EARTHLY ACTIVITIES 
OF MANKIND. PROOF OF THAT ASSERTION MAY BE 
FOUND IN HUMAN LIFE. WE ARE ENDOWED BY AN 
INTELLECTUAL SENSE TO PROMOTE OUR OWN EX¬ 
ISTENCE AND TO ATTAIN IMMORTALITY. HAPPY. 
LOVING MEMORIES ARE DEAR TO HUMAN HEARTS. 

UCH stress has been placed on the 
forgiveness of sins by God, the 
Sublime Creator, in all religious 
discourses, teachings and publi¬ 
cations on that subject. If God controlled 
and guided our earthly existence, there 
would be no sin or wickedness, and if He 
exerted His powers to forgive our trespasses 
there would be no transgressions. God is 
good, and His mercy is unlimited and would 
not be withheld. He would not have created 
human beings and allowed them to become 
wicked, vulgar and contemptible had He as¬ 
sumed control of them during their mortal 
existence. God, the Creator, does not per¬ 
sonally control mankind nor any other of His 
earthly creations. No sensible person could 
think differently when there is so much evi- 






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dence to the contrary constantly in our 
thoughts and before our eyes. If God does 
not prevent our wrong doing now and does 
not protect us from violence and danger in 
our present existence, He surely will not 
guide and control our efforts to attain im¬ 
mortality. We are endowed with the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense with which to up¬ 
build our minds, the world, and our worthi¬ 
ness of immortality. Proof of that state¬ 
ment is within the life of every person. 
There may be instances when it has seemed 
that our thoughts and deeds were prompted 
by Divine control, and there have been times 
when disappointments and reverses have ex¬ 
ercised their destructive influences and 
caused us to think there was no God. Con¬ 
sider the many people who have been made 
to suffer for acts and deeds not of their own 
instigation, and the thought will then sug¬ 
gest itself that God does not personally con¬ 
trol our earthly activities, nor does He for¬ 
give our sins and wickedness, but God, the 
Creator, has done this for us. He has 
endowed us with an innate intellectual sense, 


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with soul qualities, which if properly up- 
builded will entitle us to a future existence. 
In that connection we should remember that 
the two influences for right and for wrong 
doing cannot dwell peacefully together in 
our minds. One or the other of them will 
eventually assume control. The end of our 
future existence will then be decided either 
for sin and oblivion, or for that future soul 
life known as immortality. We will continue 
to exist here on earth as long as we are able 
to breathe the air that enlivens us, and when 
death has extinguished that ability the soul 
sense of intellectual life bestowed by the 
Creator, will either be transcended, or lost to 
creative existence forever. 

It has previously been stated that no mor¬ 
tal who has crossed the threshhold of death 
has ever returned to give information of a 
future existence. That statement might be 
modified by this explanation. We constantly 
live in the thoughts of each other, and noth¬ 
ing but death or an impaired mind will sever 
or destroy that happy relationship. Were it 
not for the blessing of memory there would 


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never be what is known as spirit life, nor 
other manifestations inspired by loving 
thoughts and pleasant recollections of those 
who have passed into the unknown beyond. 
Happy, sweet and pure are the thoughts of 
all persons who carry in their minds loving 
memories of those who were dear to them 
here on earth. Life with all its burdens is 
made more desirable by that tender, blissful 
recollection. Perhaps the spirits of those we 
have loved may return to incite and encour¬ 
age our efforts for right doing. Sweet and 
beautiful are such thoughts. May they 
never cease. 

There is good reason to believe that the 
endowment of the sixth, or innate intellec¬ 
tual sense was for the purpose of enabling 
mankind to achieve success in earthly life 
and to seek an immortal existence. The mar¬ 
velous intellectual power of that sense, when 
developed, is so far above and beyond the 
intelligence of other animate life that it does 
not seem to have any connection with the 
perishable nature of mortal creations. As 
proof of that reasonable inference take into 


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consideration the work of the human race in 
upbuilding the world, and of their wonderful 
inventive and other forms of constructive 
genius. Then carefully review the prophecies 
of eminent religious authorities including the 
Scriptural records of Christ, worshiped as 
the Son of God. When considering the abil¬ 
ity endowed with the sixth or innate intel¬ 
lectual sense, it should not be understood 
that its mere possession will enable mankind 
to pass into everlasting life. The soulful 
qualities of that sense must first be devel¬ 
oped by constant and never-ceasing efforts 
to overcome thoughts and desires for wrong 
doing, and by so doing the intellectual sense 
will be spiritualized and made the medium 
of immortal transcendency. All things 
earthly are perishable, and among them is 
the physical nature of mankind. But that 
part of our lives which belongs to the up¬ 
building, progressive, innate intellectual 
sense will live forever if its soul-like qualities 
are developed and made worthy of an ever¬ 
lasting existence. 


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THE INHERITANCE OF SINS AND FOLLIES. THE RE¬ 
FORMATION OF SINFUL NATURE. DEATH-BED RE¬ 
PENTANCE WILL NOT PROVE TO BE EFFECTIVE. IN¬ 
NOCENT LITTLE CHILDREN ARE WORTHY OF IM¬ 
MORTALITY. A CRIMINAL NATURE IS MOST DIFFI¬ 
CULT TO REFORM. LOVE WILL NOT ALWAYS SUR¬ 
VIVE THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF A MISMATED 
MARRIAGE. 

N important question to be consid¬ 
ered in connection with brain cel¬ 
lular regeneration is the inherit¬ 
ance of sins and follies handed 
down through ages of successive generations 
by our ancestors. The germs of seated dis¬ 
eases also are sometimes transmitted by par¬ 
ents to children during the process of propa¬ 
gation. Breeders of animals, in their efforts 
to secure the best possible results, exercise 
great care in the selection of the progenitors 
of their stock. The most perfect and beauti¬ 
ful flowers are grown from carefully selected 
bulbs and seeds. That same painstaking 
care is exercised in securing the best quality 
of fruit from budded and grafted trees, and 
that essential principle of good selection 



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should also be applied to enhancing the men¬ 
tal, moral and physical value of wedded bliss, 
and of the happiness to be derived from the 
life journey that follows the wedding cere¬ 
mony. It is natural to give love the pre¬ 
cedence when considering the marriage vow, 
but love will not always survive the disap¬ 
pointing consequences of a mismated mar¬ 
riage. Happy, bright and well developed 
children are seldom the progeny of dissatis¬ 
fied and discontented parents, and that mis¬ 
fortune will prove to be the source of many 
afflictions that distress the offspring of an 
unfortunate marriage. 

A criminal nature is the most difficult of 
the varied classes of sinful development to 
reform, and its existence may often be traced 
back through several generations of crime- 
sodden progenitors. It is from this ancestral 
transmission of a criminal nature that the 
world derives its morons, murderers, ban¬ 
dits, thieves, tramps and other despoilers of 
public peace and progress. It might be im¬ 
prudent to state that the reformation of 
most of these criminals would be a hopeless 

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undertaking; nevertheless that would be a 
fact. It would be almost as impossible a task 
as it would be to regenerate the mind of an 
insane person. When men and women fall 
so low in their own estimation as to have no 
respect for their own welfare, or for the 
safety and happiness of others, they are 
nearly beyond the hope of salvation. The 
better way to dispose of criminals, tramps 
and other depredators who threaten the wel¬ 
fare of humanity, is to lock them up indefin¬ 
itely, or until they have had sufficient time 
to reclaim themselves. 

The impression seems to prevail in the 
minds of many persons that it is never too 
late to repent. There surely could not be a 
more dangerous and unthoughtful conclu¬ 
sion. Life is uncertain, transitory and frail, 
although many people survive its perils and 
live to a rare old age. Death-bed repentance, 
or waiting for a severe illness to remind us 
that something should be done to secure for¬ 
giveness for past offenses is a regretable, 
serious mistake. The time to begin the work 
of mental regeneration is before it is too late 


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to successfully accomplish it. Regeneration 
of the mind and body is not the work of a 
moment, no matter what others may advise 
on the subject. There is no supernatural 
power or influence to transform an evil mind 
into a purely angelic condition by the wave 
of a hand, or by some other form of hobnob- 
bery. Every human being is made up of 
blood, brains, bone and sinew, and the only 
evidence of a spiritual nature is to be found 
in the endowment of the sixth, or innate 
intellectual sense. The purpose of that en¬ 
dowment has already been explained, but it 
must be apparent to readers that the regen¬ 
eration of a mind, or the reformation of a 
sinful nature is a long and tedious process 
that requires thoughtful, sincere mental en¬ 
deavor, and for that reason death-bed re¬ 
pentance cannot be made effective. 

Loving parents are always more or less 
concerned about the fate of their little ones 
who have passed away from mortal exis¬ 
tence. There need be no fear or anxiety 
about that happy transition. God is good, 
and He loves little children. There is no 


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punishment for the innocent. Children with 
undeveloped minds are sinless. The belief 
that the sins of parents pass to their off¬ 
spring during the process of reproduction 
cannot be applied to children who have never 
known sin and wickedness, nor would it be 
possible for any sane person to believe that 
God would overlook the welfare of a child. 
That welfare was provided for when the 
germ of human life was imparted to the 
child. It is only when the mind has been 
developed for wrong doing that there is fear 
of future punishment. Innocent children 
who have passed away are entitled to God’s 
mercy and an immortal life for the reason 
that their minds were pure and undefiled by 
sinful thoughts and deeds. It is only when 
mental training has developed an objection¬ 
able nature that there will be good reason 
for thinking that hope of immortality has 
been lost. Here is another consolation. Chil¬ 
dren born out of wedlock are innocent of the 
misdeeds of their parents and they will not 
be held responsible for them. There could be 
no stigma or disgrace attached to a birth for 


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which the child is in no way responsible. 

Gross, vulgar, reprehensible habits may be 
discarded by mental effort, and there is no 
other way of abandoning them. They are 
creatures of ungovernable, misguided con¬ 
duct that should be placed under mental con¬ 
trol. The upbuilding of an influence for right 
doing in all of its varied phases will eventu¬ 
ally overcome habitual, harmful desires and 
other forms of dethroning good health and 
opportunity for reasonable enjoyment. Ex¬ 
cesses of every kind and nature, including 
dissipation, bad habits, recklessness, lavish 
use of money and other follies are the result 
of mental weakness. They may seem to af¬ 
ford pleasure to those who subject them¬ 
selves to their influence, but the end of so 
doing is sure to be mental and physical dis¬ 
ability. It would be a waste of time and ef¬ 
fort to try to explain why bad habits cause 
mental and physical distress. That knowl¬ 
edge is within the grasp of every sane mind. 

There is a general belief that greed for 
wealth is the curse of humanity, and in one 
sense that phrase is true. If riches are 


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sought for the sole purpose of accumulation, 
then money-greed is worse than a curse, for 
it spreads want, suffering and distress broad¬ 
cast wherever its evil influence is experi¬ 
enced. But riches may be made to greatly 
benefit mankind in alleviating want and suf¬ 
fering, in providing educational facilities for 
those unable to afford them, in helping to 
dispense justice to people who have been de¬ 
spoiled by arbitrary and unjust measures, in 
establishing and maintaining scientific insti¬ 
tutions, and in investigating and seeking in¬ 
formation and knowledge to promote worldly 
welfare. When used for good purposes, 
wealth will greatly benefit mankind. 

The most important factor in achieving 
success in business or any other human ven¬ 
ture is a clear, comprehensive mind. A mind 
capable of foreseeing probable events and of 
making preparations to meet emergencies. 
As a general rule such minds are the result 
of parental inheritance and are born, and not 
upbuilded by personal effort. That fact 
should not be overlooked when considering 
marital affiliation. Cramming the mind with 


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knowledge will not make it active, energetic 
and successful. There must be vigor and 
life in its activities or it will never achieve 
success. Intellectuality is an acquired ac¬ 
complishment essential to mental upbuilding, 
but it will not afford energy, push, strength 
and application to a mind not already sup¬ 
plied with innate, mental force. Mental 
weakness may be healed and the mind made 
stronger by the upbuilding influence of indi¬ 
vidual endeavor. The brain organ is the seat 
of mental and physical energy, and by eradi¬ 
cating mental activities that injure and de¬ 
stroy the ability to think clearly and use the 
mind to good advantage, our mental efforts 
may be strengthened and energized for good 
purposes. To think clearly, cogently and 
successfully the mind should be purged of 
activities that weaken and cause it to lose 
force and ability to reason clearly. Mental 
power to achieve success is not a gift, nor a 
supernatural influence. It is strictly a sys¬ 
tem of cerebral upbuilding accomplished by 
mental effort. The brain organ in which the 
cells are to be developed is an ancestral hv>rit- 


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age that passes from parents to children in 
the process of procreation, and unless its cel¬ 
lular tissue is capable of developing cells with 
desirable mental activities, its possessor will 
never be noted for intellectual ability. Brain 
cellular upbuilding is the result of mental 
training made effective by our thoughts, 
acts, deeds and studious efforts, and that 
training is under the control of the six 
senses. 

The only endowment of the Creator, that 
may be classed as extraordinary, is the sixth 
or innate intellectual sense, and that has in¬ 
vested the human family with ability to up¬ 
build themselves and the world, and to as¬ 
sume control of earthly creations. Careful 
thought must and will substantiate that ex¬ 
planation of the theory of mental activity. 
It is but a step farther in the work of inves¬ 
tigation to ascertain that the innate, intel¬ 
lectual sense is the medium through which 
we may free ourselves from an undesirable 
mental development, achieve success and be¬ 
come worthy of an immortal existence. That 
sense provides the only means of overcoming 

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bestial habits, desires and proclivities. No 
other living creature possesses it. The sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense is an especial en¬ 
dowment, a supreme gift of God, the Creator, 
and there must have been some worthy pur¬ 
pose for its bestowal. 


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THE KNOWLEDGE IS INHERENT THAT IMMORTALITY 
AWAITS THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THEMSELVES 
WORTHY. THERE COULD BE NO LIFE WITHOUT THE 
USE OF THE SENSES. OUR BODIES ARE SIMPLY MA¬ 
CHINES CONTROLLED BY THE MIND. THE SOUL HAS 
ITS ABIDING PLACE IN THE MIND. REFORMATION OF 
A SINFUL NATURE IS NOT A MOMENTARY UNDER¬ 
TAKING. 


ONVINCING, satisfactory evidence 
may be found in the endowment 
of the sixth, or innate intellectual 
sense that there is an immortal 
existence awaiting human beings who have 
made themselves worthy of that transcend¬ 
ency. That knowledge is inherent, inborn, 
and is a part of our existence. Without the 
use of that benefaction we would never have 
known that God was our Creator, nor would 
we have had knowledge of a future existence, 
nor of the universe with its countless worlds. 
The endowment of the innate intellectual 
sense is the cause of our superiority over 
other creations, and without its use we would 
now be seeking a precarious existence in an 



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unbroken wilderness with apes, monkeys and 
other forms of bestial animate existence as 
our companions. The bestowal of the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense indicates that 
mankind is a favored creation, and the use of 
that sense arouses mental energy possessing 
Godlike qualities. In connection with that 
statement it should be understood that there 
could be no animate or inanimate existence 
without the use of one or more of the senses. 
The lower orders of animate existence both 
on land and in the water, seek sustenance 
and avoid danger by the use of the senses 
of sight and feeling. The use and the num¬ 
ber of the senses employed in maintaining 
an existence designate the position, or status, 
in life of each particular unit or species of 
creative existence from the lowest to the 
highest order. The senses arouse or awaken 
the mental and physical energy derived from 
the varied germs of life, and the multi¬ 
tudinous forms of animate and inanimate ex¬ 
istence are enlivened, not created, by the at¬ 
mospheric belt that surrounds the world. 
Atmosphere or air has no creative power. 

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There is nothing in the physical nature of 
mankind to indicate the existence of a soul 
or spirit, and all efforts to find its lodging 
place have been discouraging failures. But 
the human body is not the right place to 
look for a soul, nor anything else associated 
with our mental faculties. Our bodies and 
their varied functions are simply machines 
controlled by the mind and used in discharg¬ 
ing the many duties incident to human life. 
The sixth, or innate intellectual sense con¬ 
trols our mental activities, and the energy 
that impels our physical movements is deriv¬ 
ed from the germ of human life. Therefore, 
the soul must have its birth and resting place 
in the mind. The method of regenerating a 
sinful mind is familiar to readers, and it 
should be made the life duty of every 
thoughtful person. The only thing connected 
with mortal life that could possibly be saved 
at the time of our demise is the soul. All 
else is destroyed by decadence. The germ of 
human life will then have lost its power to 
enliven our existence and the remains of our 
physical bodies will be destroyed forever. 


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Oblivion will be the fate of those who have 
neglected to prepare themselves for the last 
moment, and there will be no forgiveness of 
sins after death. Unless there is a soul de¬ 
veloped by a period of right doing there will 
be no transcendency to immortality. 

The reformation of sin and wickedness is 
not a momentary undertaking. The individual 
who has lived a life of evil will find that 
overcoming its influence will require a long 
period of thoughtful, practical endeavor. 
There have been instances when people under 
the spell of religious enthusiasm have de¬ 
clared themselves free from sinful inclina¬ 
tions almost before they had warmed a 
church pew seat. Such exhibitions of sinful 
reformation will never be accepted as genu¬ 
ine. It will require almost as much time to 
reform a sinful nature as it did to upbuild its 
objectionable control, and the process to be 
employed in eradicating it will be found in 
the creation of a cerebral influence for right 
thinking, right living and right doing. That 
reformation is entirely a question of brain 
cellular development. Prayer, sincere, earn- 
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est and heartfelt on bended knees, in secret 
and alone, for strength to do right is the 
most effective method of brain cellular re¬ 
generation. Do not pray in public or in com¬ 
pany with others unless during divine serv¬ 
ice. Prayer is an appeal to your own mind, 
for it is within your own mind that the solu¬ 
tion of your troubles may be found. Salva¬ 
tion and the upbuilding of a soul is a mental 
operation and it is solely, exclusively a per¬ 
sonal undertaking. Praying in public and in 
the company of others will distract your at¬ 
tention and hinder the work of self-reforma- 
tion. Prayers, to be effective, must be hon¬ 
est, truthful and unselfish in thought and 
application. 


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FINDING GOD, THE CREATOR. WE KNOW THAT GOD IS 
EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. HE IN¬ 
SPIRES OUR THOUGHTS AND UPBUILDS OUR LIVES. 
IMMORTALITY IS BUT A STEP ACROSS THE BOUNDS 
OF MORTAL EXISTENCE. LIFE UPBUILDS. DECAD¬ 
ENCE DESTROYS. HUMAN BEINGS WERE ENDOWED 
WITH ABILITY TO DEVELOP SOULS. RIGHT THINK¬ 
ING, RIGHT DOING AND RIGHT LIVING BRING SUN¬ 
SHINE INTO LIFE. MENTAL REGENERATION AND NOT 
PHYSICAL REFORMATION IS NEEDED TO OVERCOME 
AN INFLUENCE FOR WRONG DOING. SOLVING THE 
PROBLEM OF IMMORTALITY. 

INDING God, the Creator, is a dif¬ 
ficult task for a human mind cir¬ 
cumscribed by its limited means 
of obtaining information, and 
there are many thoughtless people who make 
the attempt, much to their discomfiture. This 
much we know. God is everywhere through¬ 
out the universe where there is life and cre¬ 
ative existence. We have no direct knowl¬ 
edge of His existence as a Being, nor of the 
place of His abode. There may be a heaven 
somewhere within or above the universe, but 
that knowledge is for some reason withheld. 
The only information that would confirm our 



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belief in the existence of God, as a Supreme 
Being, is our knowledge of that wonderful 
influence known as life, with its forceful re¬ 
productive energy. Without life and its mar¬ 
velous God-like qualities there would be no 
animate and inanimate existence, and pos¬ 
sibly no worlds or universe. Life, in its 
countless, never-varying forms, covers this 
and other habitable worlds with an existence, 
which by development, transforms new 
worlds into havens of beauty, peace and 
plenty. Without life there would be no ex¬ 
istence, no knowledge nor other mental ac¬ 
quirement. Life inspires our thoughts, up¬ 
builds our desires and energies, and revivi¬ 
fies our hope of immortality. Life answers 
our prayers by invigorating our minds 
through the use of the sixth, or innate in¬ 
tellectual sense, and by enabling us to over¬ 
come and banish mental and physical weak¬ 
ness. “While there is life, there is always 
hope,” and instead of relying on fate and 
the prediction of a future existence, it would 
be better to place our faith in the upbuilding 
influence of life, and a supreme development 

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of the sixth, or innate intellectual sense. 

Immortality is but a step across the bounds 
of mortal existence. We close our eyes in 
death on earth and awaken in the light of 
eternity. The life that inspired our thoughts 
and energized our mortal activities will then 
revivify and enliven a soul existence in a 
world where immortality is the governing 
influence. Life was the power that covered 
the world with creative existence and it has 
unquestionably been the source from which 
we have derived our knowledge of that eter¬ 
nal abiding place known as heaven. The in¬ 
nate intellectual sense which incites our 
thoughts and which is energized by the germ 
of human life is the fount of that knowledge, 
and if its soul-like qualities are preserved 
during mortal existence, we will be tran¬ 
scended and immortalized at the end of mor¬ 
tality. Life is everywhere and is everything 
creative, sublime and everlasting. Life is 
both mortal and immortal. 

On earth there are two forms of never 
ceasing activity. One is life and the other 
is decadence. Life upbuilds the way to im- 

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mortality. Decadence is destruction, death, 
oblivion, the end of everything mortal. Our 
choice on earth as mortal beings is between 
the attainment of an immortal existence and 
the end of our lives in eternal oblivion. When 
considering that assertion it should be un¬ 
derstood that there could be only one Crea¬ 
tor, and but two forms of existence; one is 
everlasting, immortal, and the other is tran¬ 
sitory, mortal. That general rule of creative 
existence doubtless applies throughout the 
universe wherever there are worlds surround¬ 
ed with an atmospheric belt. Following up 
that natural conclusion, all human beings in 
inhabited worlds possess the six senses and 
are endowed with ability to develop souls. 
That would mean that there is only one form 
of immortal transcendency throughout the 
universe, and that everlasting life must be 
attained by right thinking, right doing and 
right living. There will be no heavenly re¬ 
ward for human beings who waste their op¬ 
portunities in acts of wrong doing. The na¬ 
tural end of all trangressors will be oblivion. 

A life of right thinking, right doing and 


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right living does not necessitate the aban¬ 
donment of a single pleasure that is not 
harmful to self, or that does not inflict in¬ 
jury to others, nor does it require the per¬ 
son to assume a sober, serious attitude in 
his social or business relations. One good, 
hearty, innocent laugh is worth more to 
worldly welfare than all of the serious, solemn 
countenances ever depicted in or out of a 
social or business career. Right thinking 
means that the mind should not be allowed 
to incite unworthy, sinful thoughts. Right 
doing demands the upbuilding of self control 
for that purpose. Right living implies that 
harmful appetites, habits and excesses 
should not be permitted to injure health and 
personal comfort. In fact these three men¬ 
tal attributes may be described as the sun¬ 
shine of human life. It cannot be denied 
that the sunshine that inspires growth and 
beauty in earthly creative existence should 
be made a part of our lives, and instead of 
prowling and growling our way through the 
world we should try to scatter sunshine, good 
will and good wishes wherever we go, and 


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then in our own opinions this earth would 
not seem any larger to us than our own 
hearts. What could be greater and more 
enjoyable than a clear conscience and a can¬ 
did belief that God is with us and that we 
are worthy of His keeping? Right thinking, 
right doing and right living when made the 
controlling influence of a mortal existence, 
not only brighten the mind and banish 
thoughts of future punishment, but they also 
assure happiness and contentment and afford 
us ability to achieve success in business un¬ 
dertakings. 

When endeavoring to overcome the influ¬ 
ence of wrong doing, do not forget that it 
is mental regeneration, and not physical re¬ 
formation that is needed. The mind controls 
the body and all of its functions. If the 
mind is free from evil thoughts and inclina¬ 
tions there will be no wrong doing mentally 
or physically. That is the reason why many 
physical disorders disappear when mental re¬ 
generation has been accomplished, but that 
does not signify that all seated physical dis¬ 
eases may be healed by the influence of per- 


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sonal effort. The body with its varied func¬ 
tions is the human machine that supplies 
our physical activities. The mind, or men¬ 
tality, is the energizing force that keeps the 
physical machine in operation. Without 
mental impulse and energy there could be 
no physical movement. For that reason our 
efforts to obtain freedom from what is 
known as a sinful nature should be for the 
regeneration of the mind. It would be im¬ 
possible to do wrong unless the impulse for 
so doing was incited and energized by the 
mind. Another essential feature in mental 
regeneration that should not be overlooked, 
is that there is no supernatural nor external 
influence to alter or change our mental ac¬ 
tivities for either good or evil purposes. That 
is the reason why earnest, honest, thought¬ 
ful individual prayer is the best and most 
effectual medium for regeneration, also that 
is why prayers for the safety and welfare 
of others, unless uttered in their hearing, are 
not beneficial. Mental energy is exclusively 
innate, inborn and self possessed. Let us be 
sure to understand its workings. 


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Solving the problem of immortality is not 
a matter of conjecture when the effort is 
based on fact. We know that there is an 
omnipotent Creator, and that the universe, 
our world, and the many varied forms of 
animate and inanimate existence are His 
creations. We further know that human 
beings were endowed with a superior mental 
ability which has given them full possession 
of this world so far as its transitory crea¬ 
tive existence is concerned. We are further 
aware that the superior ability bestowed on 
mankind is to be found in the sixth or in¬ 
tellectual innate sense, which enables us to 
seek a future life. The very fact that the 
sense above referred to inspired the knowl¬ 
edge of that future existence is the best 
possible proof we could have of an immortal 
transcendency. There could be no conflict 
of opinion as to what should be the essential 
condition of our individual lives that will en¬ 
title us to further clemency of the Creator. 
As human beings, a favored creation, we are 
possessed with ability to upbuild a soul that 
will survive the end of our earthly existence. 


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That soul is undoubtedly an attribute of the 
innate intellectual sense, inasmuch as man¬ 
kind is the only creation endowed with either 
the sense or the soul. The upbuilding or 
development of that soul is entirely an in¬ 
dividual process accomplished by mental en¬ 
deavor. When we think right, do right and 
live right we are then preparing the way 
for an immortal transition. That does not 
mean that we are required to become an¬ 
chorites and go into seclusion. The defini¬ 
tion of right doing, when rationally consid¬ 
ered is that we must be clean and fair in 
thought, act and deed. “We must do unto 
others as we would have them do unto us.” 
We must live and let live and not cause dis¬ 
tress to our neighbors and friends nor to our¬ 
selves. We must be honest, truthful and 
faithful in all of our dealings, and not try 
to take advantage of the ignorance and fol¬ 
lies of our fellowkind. The doctrine of right 
thinking, right doing and right living is not 
difficult to understand, and every person with 
ordinary human comprehension must feel 
that immortality awaits the coming of all 

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who are worthy of that blessing. Solving 
the problem of immortality by actual transi¬ 
tion will be accomplished by those who up¬ 
build the mind for good uses and good pur¬ 
poses. 


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THAT DEFORMED AND CRIPPLED PEOPLE WHO CAME 
INTO THE WORLD IN THAT CONDITION ARE NOT RE¬ 
SPONSIBLE FOR THEIR MISFORTUNES, AND THAT IT 
IS THE DUTY OF EVERY PERSON TO MAKE THEIR 
BURDENS AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE BY SHOWING THEM 
ATTENTION, AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO LOOK ON 
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE. 

EW people escape misfortune in 
some form or nature. It fre¬ 
quently befalls us when least ex¬ 
pected, and then the blow set ms 
more serious. But the most painful and dis¬ 
tressing misfortune is that of being born 
crippled or deformed. To come into the 
world in such a lamentable condition is to 
be doomed to a sad, melancholy life. Such 
a fate should awaken sympathy for the vic¬ 
tim and cause an especial effort to lighten 
the burden of the unfortunates. To be mis¬ 
shapen even slightly is a misfortune that 
weighs on the mind and creates mental dis¬ 
tress. Self-comparison with shapely, and 
good-looking, well developed people is always 
a punishment, worse than could be afflicted 






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by ordinary means. Then, there is the never 
ceasing, always evident regret for having 
been unsightly, and unfit for social honors. 
Unfortunately a person physically deformed 
usually possesses a misdirected intellect. It 
could not be otherwise. Constantly brood¬ 
ing over a misfortune, must necessarily train 
the mind accordingly. We seldom find sun¬ 
shine in mental gloom. There could not be 
genuine joy where sorrow prevails. 

It is natural for us to admire beauty, man¬ 
ly strength, and physical fitness of any kind. 
The big, manly athlete becomes a great fav¬ 
orite, and the poor cripple, whose only at¬ 
tribute is his mentality, passes unnoticed, 
or with only a glance of contempt. There 
have been cripples and deformed people who 
have overcome the shock of their misfor¬ 
tunes and have developed into active, pro¬ 
minent, reputable citizens, not because of 
their deformity, but for the reason that their 
mentalities were not deformed. The mind 
makes the man. His bodily belongings do 
not control, or influence his conduct. Suc¬ 
cess does not wear a beautiful face, nor dis- 


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play a manly form. It is not a pink tea ac¬ 
quisition, nor a favored exhibit at a beauty 
show. Success in any walk of life must be 
won by mental endeavor. The successful 
person may have an ugly countenance, or 
be hunch-backed, but his mentality will 
be worth having because it develops good 
sense, mental vigor and successful thoughts 
and deeds. That is why we should encourage 
crippled and deformed people, and help them 
win the battle of life. A little sunshine in 
the way of a smile of recognition, or a short, 
pleasant talk would dispel much of the men¬ 
tal gloom caused by their misfortune. 

Answer this vital question. If we are con¬ 
trolled by a personal God, who watches our 
welfare, why does He permit unfortunate 
cripples and deformed infants to be born into 
the world? There are many similar queries 
that could be suggested, but the one of per¬ 
mitting unfortunates to come into the world, 
not of their own volition, but by the consent 
of a personal God, seems to be the most im¬ 
portant. The proper answer to the question 
is that frequently it is the fault of the par- 
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ents. But if we have a personal God, who 
lends His efforts to money-makers, to peo¬ 
ple who pray to Him and rely on His super¬ 
natural power, why should this same God 
suffer little crippled and deformed children 
to be born, and become objects of pity and 
repulsiveness ? Look at life, God’s influence, 
and all else connected with earthly creations 
from a common sense viewpoint. There is 
no personal God, no supernatural influence, 
no power except our own that procreates, or 
that controls and influences our earthly wel¬ 
fare. We may go into a church and see that 
it is painted white. How long would a preach¬ 
er have to pray to change the color, unless 
repainted by the hand of man ? There is no 
difference between praying for help to stop 
the ravages of war, or of sin, or anything 
else than praying to change the color of the 
church. They are all of a physical nature, 
and so is everything else in creation. Our 
mentalities are physical thinking machines. 
The brain of a horse, or a dog, or a cat is 
not capable of thinking; but the five senses 
arouse its activities in the same manner the 


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five senses actuate our mentalities. The only 
difference between our mentalities and the 
brain organs of other vertebrates is that 
we possess an innate intellectual sense, our 
hope of attaining immortality. 


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THAT DREAMS ARE MENTAL ACTIVITIES NOT UNDER 
GOOD CONTROL. THEY ARE MEANINGLESS EXCEPT 
IN ONE PARTICULAR: THEY INDICATE DISORDERS IN 
ONE OR MORE OF OUR DIGESTIVE. CIRCULATORY. OR 
RESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS. 

REAMS are nothing but rambling 
thoughts not under effective con¬ 
trol. We dream when in a semi¬ 
conscious state, and in our wak¬ 
ing moments. We could not dream when 
asleep. The mentality at that time is dor¬ 
mant, except such of its activities as invol¬ 
untarily control the functions of the organs 
of respiration, circulation and digestion. 
These cellular activities are governed by 
what is known as our sympathetic nervous 
system. The mental, or thought activities 
that do the dreaming, when not under proper 
control, belong to the cerebro-spinal system, 
which presides over the animal functions of 
sensation, motion and intellect, and compris¬ 
es all the nervous or cellular organs concern¬ 
ed in sensation, volition and mental action. 




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The cerebro-spinal system is dormant when 
we sleep. Should we dream, it is because 
the respiratory, circulatory, or digestive or¬ 
gans of the sympathetic system do not func¬ 
tion properly, and they keep the thought ac¬ 
tivities disturbed. People who think that 
dreams have a meaning are right in one par¬ 
ticular. It is time to send for a doctor. The 
cause may be a bad heart action, trouble in 
breathing, or indigestion or failure to assim¬ 
ilate food. 

Dreams should be relegated to the cate¬ 
gory of the impossible or supernatural men¬ 
tal creations. There could be no dreaming, 
no semi-conscious state, no rambling thought 
if the organs of our nervous system func¬ 
tioned properly. There is nothing in a dream 
but lack of mental control. Were it not for 
an ability to control our mental activities, 
we would constantly be dreaming. Imagin¬ 
ation or day dreaming is naught but 
thought-wandering, guided by a willing men¬ 
tal control, which enables us to take a fancied 
trip to heaven and back in less than two sec¬ 
onds, if our time is limited. Semi-comatose 


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dreams are imaginative bickerings without 
the guidance of the willing mental control. 
They never disturb us when there is mental 
force to keep our thoughts from wandering, 
and a dream may seem a night-time long 
when it results from the effort of a digestive 
organ to rid an overfilled stomach of a fat, 
hearty supper. 

It seems like an interminable task to di¬ 
vest ourselves of the impression that the 
mind is guided by an unknown influence, 
and that thought is always the forerunner 
of misfortune. Dreams and impressions ex¬ 
ercise a baneful influence on many lives. As 
a matter of fact they are harmless fancies 
in most instances, and should never be given 
credit for being anything more than the off¬ 
shoots of floating thought. That statement 
does not refer to conclusions drawn from 
mental comparison and study of specified 
subjects. We are considering dreams, either 
semi-conscious or freaks of the imagination, 
both of which create impressions and are 
frequently taken for guides to control our 
conduct. 


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Cellular activities, from which we derive 
thought, result from mental development and 
training. This development and training 
dates back to the creation of man, and has 
been brought forward to the present time, 
and will continue to be brought forward by 
the process of procreation as long as man 
exists. The germ of human life impregnated 
by parents and which gives existence to chil¬ 
dren, comprises all the elements of ancestral 
development not extinguished by former 
mental training. In short, the brain cellular 
organism which we inherit contains the men¬ 
tal records of our lives, and these records 
may only be changed by our individual effort. 
We may become better or worse people than 
were our ancestors. That will depend on our 
mental training and the manner in which the 
cells of our inherited brain cellular organ¬ 
isms are developed. 

During the countless ages of ancestral 
training, thought and other intellectual func¬ 
tions have been upbuilded from a primal 
state to their present highly developed con¬ 
dition. Physical functions have not reached 


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so high a degree of development, because of 
their natural restrictions. But by a long pro¬ 
cess of training our movements have been 
made more graceful, and our forms, figures 
and methods of living are more pleasing and 
satisfactory. There has been nothing unnat¬ 
ural, extraordinary or mysterious in that up¬ 
growth and development of man. It has been 
gradual, steady and normal. Generations 
have progressed in physical and mental at¬ 
tainments in the same manner that individ¬ 
uals acquire learning and physical accom¬ 
plishments during mortal existence. Each 
generation has taken care of itself, and then 
handed down to its successors the fruits of 
its endeavors by means of procreation. 
Among the benefactions transmitted in this 
way have been our thought functions, our 
mental activities and the means of control¬ 
ling them. 


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THAT NO MAN OR WOMAN SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO 
MARRY WHO IS MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY DEFI¬ 
CIENT, OR WHO IS AFFLICTED WITH A DISEASE OR 
INFIRMITY THAT MAY BE INHERITED. 

HERE is no question but that the 
sins of the fathers may be visited 
on their children, also that chil¬ 
dren may inherit mental and phy¬ 
sical deficiencies and infirmities that would 
make life a burden to them and to those re¬ 
sponsible for their existence. Another cause 
of complaint is that drunken, bestial fathers, 
and immoral mothers, often bring children 
into the world who inherit the traits of their 
parents, and usually begin a youthful career 
of wickedness and crime. There would not 
be so many vile slums to disgrace humanity 
if such marriages and methods of raising 
children were prohibited. It has often been 
said ‘‘Why does God permit these things?” 
If we had a God who would permit such a 
palpable disgrace to humanity, He would no' 
be worthy of recognition. But we have no 



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personal God who is responsible for the sins 
and misdeeds of the world; therefore we 
should try to stamp them out of ourselves. 

Laws have been enacted in various states, 
forbidding the marriage of idiots, or mental 
defectives, but there is a difference between 
defectives and deficients. The mentally de¬ 
ficient person would be one who would have 
sense enough to count a hundred, but hardly 
enough mental ability to support a wife and 
family. A woman might be deficient and be¬ 
come a slatternly, incompetent housekeeper, 
and an incapable mother of children. It is 
rather a strange freak of nature, that men 
and women who do not possess enough good 
sense to be graded as competent people can 
procreate children. 

Children born from parents who are either 
mentally or physically deficient, or who suf¬ 
fer from an inherited disease are to be pitied. 
They enter life with a burden that must in¬ 
evitably prove to be their undoing. Man 
would not breed defective animals. He 
could not afford the loss. But he would 
allow his relatives, friends or neighbors to 

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marry cripples, in mind or body, and then 
wonder why the public must support county 
asylums, where the children of these cripples 
may find homes. 

Another cause for complaint is the ex¬ 
ample parents set for their children. A 
drunken, swearing father, or a frowsy, scold¬ 
ing mother, seldom realizes the truthfulness 
of the old adage “Like father, like son.” 
Children cannot grow up in a household 
where there are domestic troubles without 
fixing them in their minds, to sooner or later 
be developed and made realities in their lives. 
A son will learn to smoke, or chew tobacco, 
and to swear and do things that daddy did. 
The daughter will become a scold and a slat¬ 
tern from habit. She has seen her mother 
slouch around half dressed and talking loud¬ 
ly until she, too, has acquired the habit. 

Parents should remember that children be¬ 
gin mental training at an early age and every 
act, good or bad, that comes under their ob¬ 
servation will make a mental impression eith¬ 
er to furnish food for thought later on, or 
to be imitated. Mental training consists of 


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what is learned by study, thought, observa¬ 
tion, and all else picked up by the use of 
the five senses. Children are quick to learn 
and to them, at an early age, wrong doing 
has an equal value with right doing. Until 
old enough to understand the difference, chil¬ 
dren do not know right from wrong doing. 

The right start in life is essential to the 
welfare of children. There is not a single 
thought nor act in the life of a child, that 
does not result from brain cellular develop¬ 
ment. The growth of their bodies and phy¬ 
sical functions keep pace with the develop¬ 
ment of their mentalities. A child advanced 
in years should not have an undeveloped 
mind, nor could this be possible if the cellu¬ 
lar functions are active and vigorous. That 
is one reason why parents should not marry 
unless they are normal, and not deficient in 
mind or body. 

Teach children to pray. Give them to un¬ 
derstand that prayer will guide them and 
cause them to become good men and women. 
A prayerful mother will raise desirable chil¬ 
dren. A prayerful father will always be a 
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good example for his children to follow. 
Prayers will help and hasten the mental de¬ 
velopment of children. There will be no 
wrong doing unless there is cellular energy 
to prompt it. Keep that development out of 
a child’s mind if possible. Mental training 
for right doing will do it. Prayers to do 
right will exert a wonderful influence in de¬ 
veloping a child’s mind. It will enable the 
child to grow into adult life as a credit and 
an ornament to society. 


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THAT THE USE OF GOOD COMMON SENSE IS ESSENTIAL 
TO SUCCESS IN ALL UNDERTAKINGS. AND AS THAT 
ATTRIBUTE IS A CREATION OF MENTAL TRAINING. 
STRENUOUS EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO SECURE 
ITS DEVELOPMENT. 

N ability to make use of good com¬ 
mon sense is invaluable, when its 
worth is considered as a means of 
promoting personal and public 
welfare. The story of what man might do 
successfully were his activities controlled by 
common sense, would fill many books with 
interesting reading. What he could not ac¬ 
complish without the use of common sense, 
would keep all of the printing presses of the 
country busy, were the information publish¬ 
ed. It is a waste of time to discuss what 
may be done through the use of common 
sense. We all feel the need of it, but most 
of us find the fount that supplies it, the 
mind, has run dry whenever a demand is 
made for its use. 

Common sense, or the mental influence 

that causes us to exercise good judgment, 

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is a product of mental training. It is within 
the reach of all who seek it diligently, and 
who are willing to practice self-denial until 
its development is assured. Lavish, extra¬ 
vagant methods of living, high-toned ambi¬ 
tions for social honors, and showy garments 
should be tabooed when learning the use of 
common sense. It is always advisable to as¬ 
sociate with reputable people, and to dress 
neatly and stylishly, when an income will 
warrant it. Common sense approves of such 
methods. But when it comes to squandering 
money foolishly, recklessly, for any purpose 
whatever, common sense will instantly rebel. 
Common sense is a good, square fighter. It 
abhors aristocracy and frowns at snobbish¬ 
ness and people who sneer at the lower class¬ 
es. Common sense prompts good judgment 
in causing everything in existence to thrive 
and create prosperity. It fills our pockets 
with money, our fields and storehouses with 
plenty, our mills and factories with orders 
and busy working people, our stores and bus¬ 
iness houses with customers, our homes with 
happy families, and everything else with the 

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comforts and joys of the fullness of life, ex¬ 
cept our jails and courts of justice. One 
ounce of common sense is worth more to 
humanity than all of the world’s treasures. 

Common sense is a mental attribute, and 
must be acquired by the same means employ¬ 
ed to upbuild right doing. The task will 
prove to be strenuous and wearisome, and 
common sense must be used to fix itself in 
a mentality. The process of acquiring com¬ 
mon sense and other worthy attainments has 
been described several times, in this volume. 
Vigorous mental efforts must be used to put 
down and overcome influences that prevent 
common sense from asserting itself as a 
dominating mental factor. That effort means 
the development of a brain cellular influence 
to control the mentality for right doing. The 
use of common sense is nothing more nor less 
than right doing. If good judgment is used 
in all of our activities, that is common sense, 
doing right. Prayers for right doing create 
and strengthen a desire to do right. They 
develop a cerebral control for that purpose. 
They establish and keep active mental con- 
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trol for right doing, and by means of that 
control we are enabled to use common sense. 

Through the use of common sense, we 
shall be able to discriminate between the 
good and bad methods of mental conversion. 
That means much to those who look with 
hopeful eyes toward immortality. We are 
told that none but the worthy will be exalted. 
Common sense approves that assertion. Fit¬ 
ness for immortality should govern the selec¬ 
tion. But what condition will be considered 
worthy? Shall the candidates be rendered 
fit by pompous ceremonies and regal mem¬ 
bership, or shall it be from mental purity? 
It would be impossible to whitewash sin and 
cause it to pass eternal judgment. It also 
would be an injustice to select any one 
church or religion from many similar organi¬ 
zations and give it the keys to heaven. Men¬ 
tal purity, a mentality controlled by cellular 
influence for right doing, must render us 
worthy of immortality. Common sense so 
decides. Also, that man must fit himself for 
the final judgment by his own individual 
mental effort. 


in 


CHAPTER XVII 


WE SPEND TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME IN WASTING MEN- 
TAL EFFORT IN FREAKS OF IMAGINATION, OR WHEN 
INDULGING HABITS THAT RESULT IN MENTAL INJURY. 

E worry about fancied troubles, or 
about contingencies that may 
never occur. It is bad enough to 
be compelled to face real difficul¬ 
ties or dangers when they come, and for that 
reason we should preserve our mental poise 
and strength until our efforts are needed. 
Borrowing trouble is like dealing with a 
pawn shop. The more trouble we borrow the 
less ability we will have to meet emergen¬ 
cies. Many people have died from the habit 
of borrowing trouble, and in most cases their 
friends have had to pay the undertaker. Bor¬ 
rowing trouble is a habit acquired through 
that freak of mental wandering, the imagin¬ 
ation. Death would be a welcome relief to 
the hypochondriac who is always about to 
die from fancied disease. The man who is 
in debt will not pay his creditor by worrying 
about it. The manager of a business enter¬ 
prise that is losing money will not devise 
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means to stop the loss by wringing his hands 
in a state of frenzy. The girl who has had 
a tiff with her lover will not win him back 
by crying her eyes out in hopeless despair. 
There is always hope to buoy up our ener¬ 
gies, and incite us to greater efforts in times 
of distress, if we do not frustrate it by 
worry. Ninety times out of a hundred we 
worry about nothing. Our troubles are fan¬ 
cied, but the injurious effect on our mentali¬ 
ties is real. Brain cells are not steel nor 
adamant. Too much and too constant ac¬ 
tivity in fretting over trouble, fancied or 
real, is like playing a fiddle on one string. 
The nerve or brain cells actuated by worry 
will become uncontrollable. That means eith¬ 
er a nervous breakdown, or a sanitarium for 
the half crazed person. 

The remedy for worry, or any other bad 
habit that has become fixed and seemingly 
implacable, is a change of mental control. 
The worry habit, and other injurious influ¬ 
ences, are mental developments, brain cellu¬ 
lar creations. They are mental activities 
caused by a partial loss of mental self-con- 
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trol. They are a mild form of mental break¬ 
down, that may result in something more 
serious. Insanity results from a total loss 
of mental self-control. When bad habits con¬ 
trol our thoughts and mental and physical 
activities, we are bordering on the verge of 
madness. There is only one cure for such a 
condition, and that is the development and 
upbuilding of a control to supplant the acti¬ 
vities that cause our mental distress. The 
surest and most speedy way of changing an 
objectionable mental control, is to go down 
on our knees and pray for it. Changing 
thought and impulse means mental regener¬ 
ation. Prayer for that purpose is the best 
panacea. 

Going down on our knees to pray for men¬ 
tal strength to overcome bad habits, or in¬ 
fluences that cause wrong doing, may seem 
unnecessary to some people. It would not 
be essential, could we submit ourselves, body 
and soul, to the prayerful effort. Under or¬ 
dinary circumstances that cannot be done. 
The fact that we kneel in submission has its 
influence in causing our supplications to be 


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earnest and sincere. We do not, or should 
not, pray for the purpose of uttering words. 
Such a prayer would be no better than sing¬ 
ing a song. We pray to create and stimulate 
a desire for right doing. We pray to up¬ 
build a mental control to cause us to think 
differently, act differently and become good, 
sane, right-doing people. Unless better and 
more desirable brain cellular influence is de¬ 
veloped by our prayerful efforts, there will 
be no change in the mental control that 
causes worry, bad habits and other wrong 
doing. Singing, reading prayers, or mum¬ 
bling words are not rapid and effective meth¬ 
ods of brain cellular development. There 
must be energy, earnestness, devoutness and 
sincerity in our prayers for strength to over¬ 
come our troubles. We must give the pray¬ 
er all the mental strength we can muster, 
if we expect it to be efficacious. It is a ques¬ 
tion of mental effort for mental upbuilding. 
That means brain cellular development to 
acquire a sane, mental control. Insipid, half¬ 
hearted prayers will not accomplish that pur¬ 
pose. 


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THAT INDIVIDUAL EFFORT IS NEEDED TO FREE THE 
WORLD FROM ITS MISERY AND DISTRESS. NO MONEY. 
NO UNIVERSAL CAMPAIGN IS NECESSARY TO BRING 
ABOUT THAT GREAT REFORM. IT MAY BE ACCOM¬ 
PLISHED BY INDIVIDUAL SELF-REGENERATION. 

AKE a community as an example, 
and cause each member of it to 
cultivate a desire for right doing, 
and to abandon habits and incli¬ 
nations that are injurious to self and detri¬ 
mental to the welfare of the community. 
Could there be such a thing as poverty and 
suffering, where every person is trying to 
do right and conditions are normal? Greed, 
misdirected ambitions, bad habits, ignorance, 
desire for wrong doing, and mental dullness 
are the cause of our worldly troubles. In¬ 
dividual effort, rightly directed, would quick¬ 
ly overcome these mental afflictions, and up¬ 
build happiness and contentment. We should 
not forget that all right and wrong doing 
results from mental conditions. Right doing 
will emanate from a mentality controlled by 



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good influences, and wrong doing is the 
creation of a mind under evil control. The 
mind or mentality is the source of all thought 
impulses, acts and deeds, good or bad. We 
will not do wrong if our mental faculties are 
dominated by a desire to do right. 

Most people think it is the other fellow 
who needs reformation. They never road 
their own records until, during an illness, 
they begin to be anxious about what might 
happen. When the doctor has assured them 
that they will not die this time, the worry 
is over. A return to health and vigor en¬ 
ables them to start out again in worldly ac¬ 
tivities, and they soon lose sight of the devil 
and his satellites, who stared them in the 
face while they were under the doctor's care. 
It would make a great difference with hu¬ 
manity if every person would try to first re¬ 
form himself, before devoting his time to 
the welfare of others. Self-regeneration, ren¬ 
dered effective universally, would clean up 
every slum, every nest of ignorance and 
vice, and every evidence of war and conquest 
now in existence. Think what a wonderful 

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change self-reformation would create. 

The world would always be beaming with 
mental sunshine, no matter how many 
storms the elements might bestow. There 
would be no bankruptcies, no need for credits 
and no attempt to defraud. The money now 
spent in vice and follies, or in gratifying 
pampered desires, would be used for sensible, 
beneficial purposes. Our schools would be 
overflowing with scholars eager for learning, 
and fond parents would long for more chil¬ 
dren to enjoy the world’s abundance. There 
would be no more family quarrels, no more 
feuds or unjust conditions that cost human 
life. Our insane asylums, and other insti¬ 
tutions for the poor and homeless, would be 
put out of business, and there would be no 
dependents except those poor in health or 
otherwise rendered helpless by physical in¬ 
firmities. Even our death reports would 
cease to worry us, for right living, right 
thinking and right doing would cut down the 
sick list, and greatly prolong life. 

If readers could realize what great bene¬ 
fits might be derived from universal self-re- 
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generation, they would organize clubs and 
advocate it in every community where its 
principles could be understood. Self-regen¬ 
eration means the attainment of a sane men¬ 
tal control. It costs nothing but mental ef¬ 
fort, and is the quickest method of acquiring 
health, comfort, peace of mind and happi¬ 
ness that rests within the ability of man¬ 
kind. Self-control nearly all persons claim 
to possess, but a history of their deeds and 
misdeeds would convince them to the con¬ 
trary. Self-regeneration, when realized, 
would cut out the mistakes of life for which 
the individual was personally responsible, 
and cause him to become a clean, reputable 
citizen. Self-regeneration may be accomplish¬ 
ed when the person has fitted himself for 
right doing. Try the method explained in 
this book. It will bring, if persisted in, all 
the comforts, joy and blessings that a sane 
vigorous mentality is capable of bestowing. 


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THOUGHTS FOR THINKING PEOPLE. HOW TO ATTAIN 
SOCIAL HONORS. BUSINESS MEN NEED A SUNNY 
NATURE. PLANTING THE SEED OF HUMAN LIFE. 
THE CAUSE OF OBESITY AND GROSS APPETITES. WE 
ARE LIVING IN A WASTEFUL AGE. 

HE world is filled with men and 
women desirous of being elevated 
to what is known as the upper 
class, and to be promoted to the 
social rank of ladies and gentlemen. The 
first requisite to attaining that rank is men¬ 
tal poise, an ability to submerge vulgarity, 
fits of temper and ungentle conduct with 
looks of wisdom and extreme culture. It re¬ 
quires considerable time and years of pa¬ 
tience to train some men and women to be¬ 
come ladies and gentlemen. A number of 
them may never hope to float their persons 
in the “social swim.” Ladylike and gentle¬ 
manly conduct should never be a thing of 
culture; it should be a mental condition ris¬ 
ing from a mentality freed from cellular ac¬ 
tivities that cause vulgarity and uncouth- 






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ness. Mental poise that promotes proper con¬ 
duct is not an adornment to be fitted to a 
person as we would put on a shoe. It should 
be a reflection, an image of a mind actuated 
by cellular activities for right doing. Read¬ 
ers of this volume know how that mentality 
may be attained. 

About the first thing a business man 
learns when beginning his career, is that he 
must possess a sunny nature to succeed; a 
nature that attracts instead of repelling cus¬ 
tomers. Such a nature is essential to happi¬ 
ness as well as to success in business ven¬ 
tures. It is available to any person, even 
those suffering pain and distress. A sunny 
nature may be acquired by banishing the 
brain cellular influence that prompts cross, 
surly, grouchy thoughts and impulses. The 
prayer method of regenerating a mentality 
will do wonders in filling our lives with sun¬ 
shine and contentment. 

Another instance that might be mention¬ 
ed where the prayer method would render 
noble service. We frequently hear that mar¬ 
ried couples do not get along happily togeth- 
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er; that there is a lack of congeniality, a 
want of harmonious feeling. It would seem 
that love would prevent such a spirit of in¬ 
harmony, but sometimes even love and de¬ 
votion to marriage vows will not avert trou¬ 
ble caused by a jealous nature, or one that is 
never satisfied with the best to be had of 
either love or attention. There are other 
things in married life to create differences. 
None of them could exist if the two partners 
in wedlock would consider their relations 
from the viewpoint of reason. Prayer for 
mental strength in such cases will prove a 
more just arbiter than the divorce court. It 
would smooth over the differences of opin¬ 
ions and revive the love that first brought 
the married couple together. To accomplish 
that result it would be necessary for both 
husband and wife to cultivate a better na¬ 
ture. Prayer yields strength for right doing. 

The most distressing instance, wherein 
the happiness of a married couple is destroy¬ 
ed, is when one of them forgets that love, 
peace and contentment cannot abide with 
wrong doing. The man may drink to eX- 
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cess, or form other bad habits that divorce 
him from home life. The woman may be¬ 
come infatuated with social follies and neg¬ 
lect her home and children, or she may be¬ 
come slovenly and careless, and neglectful of 
her personal appearance. There are other 
causes for the breaking up of happy homes, 
which might have been avoided by both man 
and wife had they sought mental strength 
as a means of protection from domestic 
troubles. It would be impossible for a mar¬ 
ried couple to live happily together unless 
both husband and wife made an honest en¬ 
deavor to be worthy of that blissful state of 
matrimony. Marriage is a solemn ceremony, 
made lawful for the purpose of protecting 
posterity from the evils arising from indis¬ 
criminate cohabitation. The protection is es¬ 
sential to the welfare of humanity. The 
right way for marriage trangressors to over¬ 
come the troubles that cause their wrong 
doing is to pray for mental guidance for 
right doing. 

The misfortune of having reared a way¬ 
ward child is largely the fault of the parents. 

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Planting the seed of human life does not 
materially differ, so far as results are con¬ 
cerned, from that of propagating the seed 
of the vegetable kingdom. Defective seed 
will not yield a satisfactory harvest. To as¬ 
sure good results the growth of the plants 
must be carefully watched and nurtured. The 
bringing up of a child requires the same 
watchful attention, but it does not consist 
entirely in looking after the child's bodily 
comforts. The proper development of its 
mentality is of far more importance. The 
mind is the cerebral plant that needs the 
most attention to cause the child to grow 
into a maturity of mental vigor and useful¬ 
ness. The child's mind is the monitor that 
will shape its future career for good or for 
wrong doing. A strong healthy mind will 
assure bodily strength and health. There¬ 
fore the mental as well as the bodily func¬ 
tions of a child should receive marked at¬ 
tention. It is another instance where brain 
cellular development for right doing will 
prove more beneficial than muscular devel¬ 
opment. Teach the child how to pray for 

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divine strength to do right, as soon as the 
mind is developed sufficiently to comprehend 
what prayer means. Keep up that system 
of prayerful education until the child reaches 
maturity. There will then be no cause for 
wayward conduct. 

Gross appetites, obesity and desires for 
stimulants may be curbed by brain cellular 
regeneration. The process is easy and will 
prove successful if persisted in. All forms of 
detrimental desires, or for so-called appe¬ 
tites, are caused by cerebral influences devel¬ 
oped through lack of self-control. To be more 
explicit, the above named desires are one 
form of wrong doing. To either curb or 
eradicate wrong doing, a new mental influ¬ 
ence must be developed to strengthen the 
desire for right doing, and to overcome the 
cellular strength that has caused the mis-do- 
ing. Mental self-control means right doing. 
It requires a dominating brain-cellular 
strength for right doing to prompt self-con¬ 
trol. It naturally follows that when a gross 
appetite that causes obesity has been eradi¬ 
cated, or overcome, that obesity will disap- 
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pear. The cause for that deformity will 
have been removed. Brain cellular reforma¬ 
tion by means of prayer, as advocated in this 
book, will subjugate desires for gross appe¬ 
tites, also the tobacco and drink habits, and 
other harmful tendencies. 

Old age does not creep onto us as rapidly 
as do the infirmities caused by our misdoing. 
Few people die of old age. Most of us bring 
on an early demise by impairing our health. 
Bad habits, overeating, reckless living, un¬ 
necessary exposures, careless dress and other 
methods of shortening life have greatly re¬ 
duced the span of three score years and ten, 
said to be allotted to humanity. We are liv¬ 
ing in a wasteful age. Extravagance in 
every form of human endeavor seems to 
mark the present era. There is no telling 
what disasters we may bring upon ourselves, 
unless this manner of spending both life and 
treasure is arrested. A return to the simple 
life of our forefathers would subdue the 
maddening desire for more speed in all of our 
undertakings. But that would not be pos¬ 
sible. People who live a hundred minutes in 


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every hour would not consent to traveling 
in old-fashioned wagons. The only way to 
get back to sober, common-sense methods, 
and to lengthen instead of shortening our 
lives, is to change our mentalities. That 
could be done without sacrificing a single 
modern invention, or a useful modern article. 
Long life and contentment could not be ex¬ 
pected from a human engine that was run¬ 
ning all of the time with the safety-valve 
open. The pressure would be too great. We 
should put a curb on unnecessary activities 
and live within the bounds of reason. That 
may be done by adopting the prayer remedy 
for fast speeding. We need sobering down. 
Prayer will do it. Prayer that is earnest and 
honest will develope brain-cellular strength 
to overcome the madness that exists in our 
mentalities. The invocation must be ad¬ 
dressed to our Father. 

There are other thoughts, concerning the 
possibilities of brain-cellular reformation, 
that will present themselves to the minds of 
careful investigators. Each and every form 
of wrong doing may either be eradicated, or 

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subjugated, by that method of self-regener¬ 
ation, without considering it in detail. The 
process of brain-cellular regeneration com¬ 
prehends abolishing the entire element that 
induces wrong doing, gradually and in ac¬ 
cordance with natural laws, by a system of 
personal effort. Brain cells are nerve func¬ 
tions, and they cannot be actuated in any 
other manner than by individual mental en¬ 
deavor. It would be as impossible for any 
person to control the cellular organism of an¬ 
other person, by the thought process, as it 
would be to cause a house to fall by word of 
command. Brain cells may only be actuated 
by the person possessing them. Unless they 
are actuated, there could be no mental acti¬ 
vities, no intellectual force, no thoughts, im¬ 
pulses nor deeds. The power that actuates 
a brain-cell mentality dwells within the indi¬ 
vidual. Outside influences have no direct 
control over the mind. It is as much 
a part of the invidual as is the arm, leg or 
body. The cerebral organism is a physical 
function that constitutes the seat of mental 
and physical energies in an individual. It 
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would be as easy for one person to control 
the movements of the big toe of another by 
mental effort, as it would be to influence the 
mental energies of another person except by 
written advice or oral suggestion. 

How, then, does God inspire us with 
worthy thoughts and deeds, if no outside in¬ 
fluence can reach our mentalities ? A perfect 
mind, one that is free from evil influ¬ 
ences, would not need divine inspiration. It 
would fulfill the requirements essential to 
sanctity and purity of thought and deed, and 
would fully meet the conditions God imposes 
on those desirous of His protection, now and 
hereafter. We may not all be able to purge 
our minds of evil influences, in order 
to attain that protection, but the effort is 
worthy of the trial. A few years of vigor¬ 
ous, sincere endeavor would accomplish won¬ 
ders towards upbuilding mental strength to 
live uprightly. The nearer we succeed in de¬ 
veloping brain-cellular strength to subjugate 
undesirable cellular influences, the closer we 
shall come to being what God demands of 
us. The task of redeeming ourselves from 

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the control of harmful tendencies is not ar¬ 
duous, nor impossible. 

It will not be necessary to again refer to 
the benefits to be derived from brain cell re¬ 
formation. The acquirement of mental vig¬ 
or, the one essential to material success, 
ought to more than compensate for a life 
time of prayerful effort. An invigorated 
mind means freedom from most woes and 
disorders incident to an unworthy life. Pray¬ 
er, honest, fervent, sincere and persistent 
will eradicate many of our physical and men¬ 
tal troubles. Those who give brain cell re¬ 
generation a protracted trial will never re¬ 
gret having done so. They will have made 
a worthy endeavor to place themselves in 
God's keeping. The reward for so doing is 
priceless compared to the value of material 
wealth. 

A PRAYERFUL SUGGESTION 

Prayer should be heartfelt and sincere in 
expression, utterance and desire. The object 
of prayer is to upbuild the mind and develope 
a mental control for overcoming evil 

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thoughts and inclinations, and that develop¬ 
ment may only be accomplished by intense 
mental endeavor. Pray in secret and alone 
as much as possible and keep your efforts to 
become worthy of God's mercy entirely con¬ 
fidential. It is your own salvation that you 
are seeking and that should not be made a 
question of publicity. Following is a pray¬ 
erful suggestion, but it is better to use your 
own thoughts and language when beseeching 
mercy and forgiveness. Prayer should be an 
expression of intense individual desire. 


MY FATHER: 

I PRAY THEE TO TAKE ME INTO THY KEEPING AND 
MAKE ME HONEST. SINCERE AND WORTHY. 

HELP ME TO DO THY WAY AND TO FOLLOW THY 
GUIDANCE IN ALL OF MY UNDERTAKINGS. 

CAUSE ME TO BECOME STRONGER AND BETTER 
THAT I MAY PUT EVIL OUT OF MY LIFE AND BE 
WORTHY OF THY KEEPING. 

SHOW ME HOW TO DO RIGHT, HOW TO SEEK THE 
RIGHT. AND HOW TO KNOW THE RIGHT THAT I MAY 
OVERCOME DESIRES FOR WRONG DOING. 

FORGIVE MY SINS AND TRANGRESSIONS AS THOU 
WOULD HAVE ME FORGIVE THOSE WHO CAUSE INJURY 
TO OTHERS, AND LEAD ME THY WAY DESPITE MY OWN 
INCLINATIONS. 

DELIVER ME FROM TEMPTATION, AND GIVE ME 
STRENGTH TO OVERCOME AN EVIL NATURE. 

AND CAUSE ME TO DO AS THOU WOULDST HAVE 
ME DO FOREVER AND FOREVER. 


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THAT MANKIND GENERALLY IS THE PRODUCT OF MEN- 
TAL TRAINING, OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, SHOULD 
BE UNDERSTOOD BY EVERY PERSON. 

0 two individuals are exactly alike 
in any one characteristic, not 
even of the same family, and born 
from the same parents. They 
may act alike and resemble each other in ap¬ 
pearance, but there will always be a differ¬ 
ence in their conduct, habits, desires and 
general demeanor. This difference results 
from their mental training. Their brain cell 
development is not the same. Take the peo¬ 
ple of different nationalties and compare 
their mental characteristics, or their degrees 
of intelligence and intellectual attainments. 
If mental training has not caused the differ¬ 
ence in the habits and other characteristics 
of these people, to what source may the diff¬ 
erence be attributed? It must have been 
brought about by the various grades and de¬ 
grees of brain cellular development created 




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by the peculiar habits and needs, and the ex¬ 
tent of their intellectual attainments. 

It is not necessary to go to other countries 
to ascertain why, and how*, no two people are 
exactly alike. Take two children in the same 
family. One will be bright, quick to learn, 
and be controlled by a vivacious, cheerful 
temperament. The other will be dull, slow 
to memorize lessons, and possess a sluggish 
disposition. One child has an active, vigor¬ 
ous mentality. The brain organism of the 
other child does not develop its cellular in¬ 
fluences as freely. Were all mentalities alike, 
and all opportunities for their development 
the same, then we could be alike in our men¬ 
tal traits and characteristics. But our habits, 
likes and dislikes, our methods of living and 
kinds of pleasures and enjoyments, are diff- 
ent. Some of us enjoy study, and the ac¬ 
quirement of education. Others are part In¬ 
dian by nature, and prefer outdoor life and 
ignorance. We all have our preferences, and 
that is why there are so many different kinds 
of people. 

Were the generally accepted idea that our 

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minds are controlled by supernatural influ¬ 
ence correct, we would all be the same in 
temperament and intellectual status. The 
supposition that God leads and protects us 
from evil ought to be realized soon, if ever. 
The world has been traveling its orbit for 
many millions of years, and thus far no 
Creator, except life, has made His appear¬ 
ance. Man has grown and developed from a 
semi-savage to a civilized being, through his 
own individual efforts. He also has caused 
animal and vegetable existence to thrive, 
and become useful to him. In all this prog¬ 
ress, nothing but the hand of nature has as¬ 
sisted man in gaining control of both him¬ 
self and the other mundane creations. 

The cause for this world advancement has 
been man’s mentality. It has been a con¬ 
quest won by the development of man’s brain 
cellular organism. There has been no divine 
influence to control this earthly upbuilding, 
or there would have been no prehistoric man 
and no earthly wilderness to be civilized and 
rendered useful and habitable. With this 
plain fact staring man in the face, he refuses 

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to become responsible for the world's prog¬ 
ress, and is trying to find a personal God, on 
whom he may shift the honors. There is only 
one God who has helped man to rescue both 
himself and the world from earthly chaos, 
and that has been the Creator. But man 
asks, What is life? Without life, the man 
could not ask the question. 


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THAT MAN SHOULD LEARN TO DO HIS OWN THINKING, 
AND NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO CONTROL AND INFLU¬ 
ENCE HIS CONDUCT, FREQUENTLY AGAINST HIS BEST 
INTERESTS. 



HEN the fact is better understood 
that every individual, of both 
sexes, is an independent and dis¬ 
tinct unit in human life, we shall 
learn to think for ourselves, instead of allow¬ 
ing others to do our thinking. There always 
will be times when expert advice or counsel 
is needed, but on general propositions con¬ 
cerning personal affairs we should learn how 
to protect ourselves when dangers threaten 
our welfare. Self-reliance, good judgment 
and an ability to see things as they should 
be seen become questions of habit. When 
we cross a crowded street, where there is 
danger of being run down and crippled, or 
killed, we are self-reliant and watchful. The 
same watchful care to protect our personal 
interests throughout life should also be ex¬ 
ercised. We are provided with mentalities 






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for that purpose, and they should be develop¬ 
ed and made useful. 

It is a law of nature that the weak must 
succumb to the strong. That inevitable re¬ 
sult may only be avoided by seeking mental 
strength to meet emergencies. Strong minds 
provide the necessary strength, and they are 
absolutely essential to success in life’s bat¬ 
tles. There never has been the time when 
brute strength finally won the victory over 
mental force, and when it comes to a contest 
between mind and matter, the mind invariab¬ 
ly becomes the master. Weak minds may be 
strengthened and made more serviceable, but 
they will not acquire knowledge except by 
study and strict application of studious meth¬ 
ods. A knife may be sharpened and made 
ready for better use, but it cannot be ser¬ 
viceable unless there is something to cut. 
That is precisely the situation in which a 
weak mind finds itself when reinforced by 
mental vigor. It then must be given oppor¬ 
tunity to acquire intellectual strength. 

There are a number of reasons why minds, 
or mentalities, are weak, but usually it is be- 


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cause they lack driving- force to impel them 
to become active and vigorous. Oftentimes 
excesses and bad habits weaken the mind, 
or the weakness may have been inherited, 
but unless the cellular development has been 
impaired, or disease has injured the brain 
cellular organism, there is a way to invig¬ 
orate the mentality and cause it to be made 
more serviceable. The process of acquiring 
that mental vigor is the same employed to 
overcome bad habits, or any form of wrong 
doing. Right doing is the synonym of men¬ 
tal vigor. To do right lends strength to the 
mind. To do wrong weakens it. The way 
to strengthen a mentality and give it mental 
force and vigor is to pray for strength to do 
right, to think right, and to live right. That 
is equivalent to praying for mental vigor. 

Prayer is an upbuilding influence. It 
creates mental activity for right doing by 
strengthening and upbuilding a desire to do 
right. The mentality controls our physical 
functions and causes us to do either right 
or wrong. We are guided in no other way. 
There is no supernatural influence to control 

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our thoughts, acts or deeds. We are actually, 
entirely our own masters, so far as our men¬ 
tal activities are concerned. We do right or 
wrong in accordance with our brain cellular 
development. When controlled by desires for 
wrong doing, the only way to learn to do 
right is to adopt the prayer method of de¬ 
veloping brain cellular strength to upbuild 
a desire for right doing. In due time that 
desire will dominate the mind and cause 
us to do right. Praying to do right is a sys¬ 
tem of mental training for self-regeneration. 
It is a system of invigorating the mind 
and causing it to inspire thoughts and deeds 
of right doing. It is the quickest and surest 
way to strengthen a weak mind, and cause 
it to become useful to its possessor. 

Too much stress cannot be placed on the 
importance of prayer as a mental stimulus 
for right doing. It does not invoke divine 
protection from an extraneous source, be¬ 
cause there is no such thing for humanity 
during mortal existence. There is no super¬ 
natural power that guides, controls and pro¬ 
tects us. Our minds cannot be inspired by 

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divine, or other outside source, or influence. 
We are not of spiritual existence, but are 
animals of a superior order, or species. The 
Creator has fixed our mental and physical 
status, and no act of ours can change it. We 
may yearn for a spiritual life and aspire to 
an immortal existence, but we are bound by 
earthly ties to our present condition as ver¬ 
tebrate animals, constituted of flesh, blood, 
bone, sinew and cellular tissue. Our means 
of existence is precisely the same as that of 
the higher types of animal life. We pro¬ 
create, are given birth, and during life are 
subject to the different changes and vicissi¬ 
tudes incident to other animal existence. 

Our mental training is the only means we 
have of acquiring information and knowl¬ 
edge, and everything we know or possess is 
attained by mental endeavor. Nothing comes 
to us unsought, except it be an endowment, 
a gift, or a penalty for indiscretion. We owe 
nothing to supernatural influence, and never 
have been benefited thereby. We have our 
own individual lives to protect and control, 
and our own salvation to accomplish. That 

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must be done through the guidance of our in¬ 
dividual mentalities. 

Mental training to us is like a compass to 
a mariner. We are guided by the nature of 
our training. If our mental control is wrong, 
we are sure to do wrong unless vigorous 
efforts are made to change the control for 
right doing. That is the object of prayer, of 
mental upbuilding to prompt right doing. 
Prayer develops cellular force for right 
thinking, right living and right doing. Cellu¬ 
lar force is a creation of the mentality, and 
results from the development of brain and 
nerve cells. The nature of this force is 
either our heaven or our hell here in earthly 
existence. It causes us to be either angels 
or demons in act and disposition, and no 
power but our own efforts may avail to rescue 
us from the latter condition. Prayer alone 
is the agent of our salvation, and prayer also 
will strengthen our minds, and cause them to 
become more useful. At the beginning of 
the work of mental regeneration by means of 
prayer, it will be found that the undesirable 
as well as the good influences will be 


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strengthened. That is the natural result of 
any form of resuscitation. But the mental 
regeneration will be successfully accomplish¬ 
ed if the prayers for right doing are con¬ 
tinued. There could be no other result. 


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THAT MENTAL DISTRESS AND CASES OF •‘NERVES” RE¬ 
SULT FROM LOSS OF MENTAL CONTROL. RIGHT 
THINKING AND RIGHT DOING WILL BANISH SUCH 
EVILS. FIGHT THEM FEARLESSLY THROUGH THE 
MEDIUM OF PRAYER. THAT IS THE PANACEA FOR 
MENTAL ILLS. 



F we begin to fight an evil nature 
with fear in our hearts, we are 
more likely to be defeated than if 
we are confident of winning. An 
effort to upbuild strength for right doing 
should not be impeded or hindered by 
thought or act that does not aid the upbuild¬ 
ing process. If we pray for strength to do 
right, and at the same time plead for pro¬ 
tection from wrong doing, we are recalling, 
in our thoughts, reprehensible acts that 
should be forgotten. Our prayers, to be effi¬ 
cacious, should be free from such thoughts, 
and devoted exclusively to a mental effort for 
right doing. Thinking wrong will never rid 
the mentality from a tendency for wrong 
doing. Purge the thoughts, at all times, 

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from inclinations to recall disagreeable inci¬ 
dents, or to dwell on imaginative wrong do¬ 
ing, even in supplications for protection 
against evil. 

Much of our trouble might be avoided if 
we would apply the principle of right think¬ 
ing to our thoughts when the mentality is 
disturbed. Cases of “nerves” when dis¬ 
tressed by fancied or real troubles may be 
averted without the use of opiates, or drugs 
of any kind. Insomnia is another form of 
distress that may be overcome by mental 
training. Hypochondria and even more 
deeply seated mental perturbances may be 
overthrown by persistent mental effort. The 
overcoming of any mental distress, while the 
brain cells are intact and have not lost their 
ability to be actuated, is the result of mental 
training. As has been previously stated, 
mental disturbances and perturbation ensue 
from loss of control, where there is lack of 
effective mental effort to subdue the cellular 
forces that create agitation. The proper 
remedy for such a mental condition is the 
upbuilding of a mental control that will alle- 


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viate the trouble. That remedy must be had 
by mental training. 

Take a case of insomnia as an example. 
The distressed person will wallow around in 
bed seeing all kinds of mental spooks, while 
trying to court sleep. Hours will pass in 
vain efforts to quiet the restless mind, and 
in the morning he will feel pretty well ex¬ 
hausted. To overcome the perturbation, 
and regain mental control of the overtaxed 
brain cells, the sixth, or super-sense, should 
be made to supply energy for that purpose. 
That means a resort to persistent, consistent 
prayer. It would be better to pass an entire 
night in fervent prayer than to tumble about 
in bed in throes of wakeful agony. Prayer 
for strength to do right, often repeated, will 
bring about the desired relief. It may not 
be done the first, or the second night, but 
time and persistence will conquer insomnia, 
or any other mental distress, if the brain 
cells are in condition to respond to the pray¬ 
erful appeals. 

Readers may think it strange that prayer, 
rightly implored, may heal disease as well as 


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overcome wrong doing. Any form of physi¬ 
cal or mental weakness that results from an 
undesirable cellular development, or a lack 
of sane control of the mentality, may be 
righted by mental training. The process is 
purely physical. Supernatural influence has 
nothing to do with it. It is a question either 
of changing a mental control by means of 
cellular development, or of strengthening or 
restoring a mental control that has been 
overworked. Both processes accomplish the 
same result, an upbuilding of mental control 
for right doing. Prayer, if free from ex¬ 
traneous influences, will arouse brain cellular 
energy to change the mental control, and cre¬ 
ate a dominating desire for right doing. That 
means a subjugation of tendencies for wrong 
doing in reforms of bad habits and wicked¬ 
ness, and a rest for the brain cell activities 
that cause mental perturbation and distress. 
There could be no mystery in this method of 
healing physical and sinful ills. They belong 
to the element of the mentality which we 
may designate as the instigator of wrong do¬ 
ing. There are only two cellular elements in 


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the mentality. One inspires right doing, 
which includes every thought, act and deed 
that upbuilds personal and public welfare. 
The other instigates wrong doing, which con¬ 
stitutes everything in human life that im¬ 
pairs health and destroys individual and pub¬ 
lic progress, prosperity, and comfort. 

Segregating the regeneration of sin and 
wickedness from religious worship may not 
seem productive of good, because all methods 
of reformation have heretofore been con¬ 
trolled by religious associations. But in real¬ 
ity regeneration is a mental and not a relig¬ 
ious reformation. Prayer is the chief factor 
in upbuilding a mentality for right doing; 
but devout supplications are not for super¬ 
natural aid, but for the purpose of creating 
or stimulating a greater and more effective 
desire for right doing. We will not overcome 
our sinful natures without first feeling a de¬ 
sire to do so, and the longer we neglect the 
endeavor to abandon wicked ways, the less 
chance there will be for our reformation. 
The means advocated in this volume appeal 
to the common sense of the reader. It is 


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a question of brain cellular control. A con¬ 
trol created for right doing assures freedom 
from sinful and wicked desires, from the in¬ 
fluence of bad habits, mental weakness, and 
many forms of illness. All reforms must 
be brought about by a change of mental con¬ 
trol accomplished in the same manner. 


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THAT MAN SHOULD ENDEAVOR TO HASTEN THE PRO¬ 
CESS OF DEVELOPING HIS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 
HEALTH AND VIGOR, BY ABANDONING THE USE OF 
NARCOTICS, STRONG DRINK, TOBACCO AND OTHER 
DELETERIENTS. 

IFE either invigorates and strength¬ 
ens both mind and body, or it will 
destroy them by assisting detri¬ 
mental influences to cause disease 
and decadence. That may seem like a para¬ 
doxical statement, but it is true. We know 
of no other God than the mental influence 
that watches over and controls our existence. 
When we call upon that Influence to guide 
our prayers and show us what to do, there is 
an immediate response by upbuilding encour¬ 
aging thought and impulse. Thought and 
impulse prompt deeds. When we indulge in 
narcotics, our minds are stupefied and our 
physical functions lack vigor. Life then is 
unable to come to our assistance. When we 
take stimulants, life aids us in losing control 
of our mentalities, and in that way hastens 

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our undoing. Continued use of narcotics, to¬ 
bacco and strong drink will impair both men¬ 
tal and physical health, and in time disqual¬ 
ify us for either reasonable enjoyment or 
business pursuits. We should have strong, 
vigorous minds and bodies to meet and suc¬ 
cessfully combat the vicissitudes of mortal 
existence, and for that reason should beware 
of the use of narcotics and stimulants. 

It is difficult for us to discontinue the use 
of narcotics, or to stop taking stimulants 
after the habit has been acquired. The men¬ 
tality demands either the drug that quiets its 
activities, or the stimulant that starts them 
going at a more rapid pace. It must be ap¬ 
parent that either of these habits will bring 
on mental and physical weakness, if long con¬ 
tinued. The physical organs rely upon the 
mentality for vigor to cause them to func¬ 
tion. Should that mental energy be lacking, 
disease or weakness of the physical organs 
must follow. When we think or say that we 
will not stop the use of drink, tobacco or 
drugs because we are not afraid of them, we 
then confess that the habit has become 


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established. When we try to stop the habit 
and fail, that is an indication that sometime 
we will try again and perhaps be successful. 

It is pitiful to see a strong man become a 
slave to habit, especially a habit that will 
eventually destroy his manhood, and cause 
him to be a mental and physical wreck in his 
later years, when he most needs health and 
vigor. But that is the invariable, inevitable 
end of all bad habits. There could be no 
other end. We could not succeed in any walk 
of life without strong minds. If we drug 
these founts of our learning and well doing, 
or if we overstimulate their activities, the 
ability to guide us successfully in our under¬ 
takings must necessarily fail. Life is kind to 
us, but it cannot actuate a half dead mental¬ 
ity that has been drugged to everlasting stu¬ 
pidity. Those are the sure results of the ex¬ 
cessive use of narcotics, strong drink, to¬ 
bacco and similar harmful indulgences. 

There is another way to consider the im¬ 
portance of preserving our minds, although 
it does not, as a rule, exert an influence over 
the man who likes to drink, smoke and have 


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a good time generally. Such men cannot ex¬ 
pect future salvation and continue their ef¬ 
forts to destroy themselves. Since man has 
had a history, it has always been his belief 
that there was a future reward for right 
doing. We hold to that belief now, although 
we have no certain knowledge of what that 
reward will be. Most of us think that it will 
be immortality. Whatever the reward for 
right living may be, it must result from the 
record established by our minds. The men¬ 
tality is the man. The deeds that our men¬ 
tal organism has prompted must stand as 
our life record, for right or wrong doing. 

What will be the fate of a man with a 
mind that has influenced the destruction of 
itself by the use of strong drink, or any other 
habit capable of impairing the health and 
vigor of both mind and the man ? That is a 
good, sober query for the man of bad habits 
to answer. When it can be satisfactorily 
proven that the mentality is not the man, 
shorn of his bodily functions; when the fact 
can be established that a man may do things 
without the promptings of his mind; when 

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man himself may know through the medium 
of his mentality that his heart will beat one 
time after his mind has been paralyzed, or 
stricken with death, then and then only will 
we believe that the record of man's mentality 
will not be used to judge his worthiness or 
unworthiness for immortality. 


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THAT THE MYSTERY CONCERNING THE MENTAL DE¬ 
VELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF GENIUS, AND OF 
YOUNG PRODIGIES, MAY BE EXPLAINED BY LOOKING 
UP THE TRAITS OF CHARACTER OF THEIR ANCES¬ 
TORS. 


RAITS of character, peculiarities of 
form, and other similarities of the 
mental and physical functions are 
inherited. It is supposed that we 
are human reproductions of those to whom 
we owe our life. We are of animal descent. 
We were propagated and born in the same 
manner that all vertebrates come into exist¬ 
ence. There is no difference. We may have 
inherited genius, or it may have been disease, 
or an infirmity. We are not so particular in 
breeding our own kind as we are when rais¬ 
ing horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, hogs, cats or 
other domestic animals. Rare and well bred 
domestic animals bring good prices in the 
market. We raise and sell them, but as we 
consider ourselves beings of a personal God’s 
choosing, we depend on His judgment in the 

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matter of our own breeding. That is a se¬ 
rious mistake. 

The brain cellular organism, and every 
other physical organ and function, are hand¬ 
ed down to us through the process of pro¬ 
creation. That process is precisely the same 
as the one used by the domestic animals, 
which we are so careful to breed from the 
best stock to be had. We are super-animals 
and nothing else, and are subject to nature's 
laws. There is no dodging that fact. We 
inherit animal proclivities, mental attributes, 
detrimental influences, and other traits of 
our ancestors, through the medium of our 
brain cellular organs. Domestic and other 
vertebrate animals inherit the five senses 
only, in connection with good or undesirable 
physical forms and functions. We inherit 
the five senses, and the physical forms and 
functions of the man animal, also the sixth, 
or innate intellectual sense, which actuates 
and develops the super-mental powers of a 
full-fledged human being. These powers are 
inherited in an undeveloped state, from our 
ancestors, at the time of our procreation. 


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The brain cellular organism is the seat of 
the mind, which controls the five senses used 
by domestic and other vertebrate animals, 
and also controls the physical functions both 
of which enable them to thrive and procre¬ 
ate. That mentality is actuated by brain and 
nerve cells, in the same manner as that of a 
human being. As super-animals we inherit 
a brain organism consisting of more brain 
centers, and a far greater number of brain 
and nerve cells subject to development. There 
are brain cell centers for physical functions, 
for the use of the five senses, and for the 
sixth, or innate intellectual sense, that uplifts 
man from the condition of an ordinary verte¬ 
brate. The sixth, or innate intellectual sense, 
however, does not alter the nature of man's 
animal tendencies and proclivities, although 
if called into use the sixth sense will subju¬ 
gate and keep these tendencies and proclivi¬ 
ties under control. 

We now come to the point where the cause 
for the appearance of people with great men¬ 
tal genius, and of youthful prodigies, may be 
explained. Both of these unusual develop- 

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ments of superior human intelligence owe 
their ability largely to their ancestors. A 
part of it, however, is due to the studious 
efforts of the surprisingly brilliant people. 
Traits of inherited genius do not always ap¬ 
pear in successive generations. They may 
not be developed for several generations, and 
then will make their appearance. The brain 
cells that eventually are to render the pos¬ 
sessor famous are sometimes inherited in an 
undeveloped state in the brain cellular organ¬ 
ism of an unlucky owner, and for some rea¬ 
son were not developed, but were carried by 
their possessor over to another generation. 
Mankind would never have made progress in 
mental development if this method of inher¬ 
iting brain cell ability were not a fact. The 
brain organism is a physical function and is 
subject to inheritance in the same manner as 
other physical traits are handed down from 
parents to children. This same law of nature 
gives us improved domestic animals, and it 
also applies to man. 

The sixth, or innate intellectual sense, is 
the only sense capable of development by 


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mental effort. We cannot increase the 
strength or sensitiveness of our sight, touch, 
smell, taste or hearing by prayer, or other 
mental application. The five senses are not 
subject to such treatment. It is the sixth 
sense, that dominates not only our minds, 
but all of our other functions. It enables us 
to memorize and acquire information and 
knowledge. It controls the use of our men¬ 
talities, and gives us power to think, study 
out problems of every kind, invent and de¬ 
vise improvements, carry on business enter¬ 
prises, and do everything else that we do ex¬ 
cept to see, hear, touch, taste and smell. And 
these senses are under control of the sixth 
sense. Through the use of the sixth, or in¬ 
nate intellectual sense, we are enabled to sub¬ 
jugate desires for wrong doing, and to estab¬ 
lish right doing as the dominating influence 
of our lives. Were it not for the mental ef¬ 
fort aroused by this sense, and kept alive and 
active as a controlling power, we would soon 
drop back into the same bestial condition 
that governed the existence of prehistoric 
man. 


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It would be well to more carefully consider 
why the Creator endowed man with the 
sixth, or innate intellectual sense. The en¬ 
dowment could not have been solely for the 
purpose of permitting man to develop himself 
into a demi-god with ability to take posses¬ 
sion of the world and control it for his own 
selfish uses. Free from the influence of ani¬ 
mal tendencies the sixth sense is capable of 
causing man to rise to the height of an ex¬ 
treme degree of intellectuality. All men of 
great genius have been devout in nature and 
practice. They have been disciples of a pray¬ 
erful habit, and during that part of their ex¬ 
istence in which their fame was upbuilded 
these men of intellectual worth abstained 
from indulgences that debase and ruin the 
mind. The germ of mortal life bestowed on 
mankind unquestionably bears with it the 
stamp of genius and intellectuality. It dis¬ 
tinguishes and uplifts man from the bestial¬ 
ity of an animal existence, and the proof of 
that assertion may be found in the fact that 
all other vertebrates are true animals in in¬ 
stinct, habit and methods of living. 

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Look still further into the reason why man 
was endowed with the germ of intellectual¬ 
ity. One of the duties of the sixth, or innate 
intellectual sense, is to subjugate man's 
animal tendencies when called upon to do so, 
and the only safe and sure method of em¬ 
ploying the sixth sense to overcome these 
tendencies is to develop and upbuild it by 
prayerful endeavor. There are two other 
essential motives for upbuilding the sixth, or 
innate sense, aside from the banishment of 
the sin of wrong doing. One is the motive 
for restoring health to afflicted physical 
functions, and the other is the important and 
much desired preparation for immortal tran¬ 
scendency. 


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THAT PROFANITY, THE USE OF SWEAR WORDS, IS AN 
INDICATION OF A FOUL, UNCOUTH MIND. AND ITS 
USE SHOULD BE ABANDONED. 

ROFANITY is not an unforgivable 
sin, or wrong doing. It really has 
no alarming influence on the char¬ 
acter of the swearing animal, but 
it is an indication of his mental foulness, and 
obviates the necessity of a sign board warn¬ 
ing people to keep away from the verbal pro¬ 
fligate. Swearing, considered from the effect 
it produces, must be looked at from another 
standpoint. Oaths and foul language are a 
part of a mental training. A tendency for 
wrong doing may be inherited, but language 
and efforts at doing wrong are always ac¬ 
quired, in the same manner that verses from 
the Bible may be memorized. Mental train¬ 
ing does not consist altogether of acquiring 
knowledge, or of studying languages. It em¬ 
braces the performance of every act, deed 
and movement, of every thought, either me- 



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morized or spoken, of everything seen, heard, 
touched, smelled, felt or tasted. Mental train¬ 
ing consists of the storing away in the men¬ 
tality of everything done or accomplished. 
Life is the creator of mental effort, of mental 
training, and the senses promote or excite 
the activities. 

The use of “cuss words,” then, is only a 
slight episode in a career of mental training, 
but it is reprehensible, disgusting and objec¬ 
tionable. The same effort required in learn¬ 
ing to use foul language could be applied to 
much better advantage by acquiring the 
habit of speaking politely, genteelly and like 
a respectable, acceptable person. People who 
lose control of themselves are most apt to use 
foul language. They seem to think that 
touching off the magazine that holds “cuss 
words” will keep them from otherwise ex¬ 
ploding. 

Kind thoughts and mild language will do 
more towards smoothing down mental per¬ 
turbances than anything else. Brain storms 
and foul, vindictive language are detrimental 
to a right-doing control. A wicked man who 
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is demented will swear, and swear, and then 
keep on swearing, because he has lost abil¬ 
ity to control the activities of his mentality. 
A man with a mentality acquired by right 
doing will never lose mental control. Wrong 
doing destroys mental control by impairing 
and perverting the use of the sixth, or innate 
intellectual sense, the attribute that raises 
man above the level of an animal. When a 
man’s eyes see red, and he runs amuck, 
swearing vengeance on his fellow kind, he is 
crazy and has lost mental control. Such men 
are prone to use foul, objectionable language. 
Their mentalities indicate a life of wrong 
mental training. 


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CHAPTER XXVI 


THAT HUMAN LOVE IS SUPREME WHEN PROPERLY DE¬ 
VELOPED, AND THAT IT IS MANKIND’S CHIEF BENE¬ 
FACTION. WHEN NOT RECIPROCATED, LOVE BE¬ 
COMES A DISTRESSING TORMENT. 

HERE is no worse enemy to mental 
comfort and balance than uncon¬ 
trollable love, and no worse foe to 
mental control than hatred in¬ 
spired by a love not reciprocated and appre¬ 
ciated. When it comes to discussing the ins 
and outs of human love, there are so many 
peculiarities and so many degrees of sincer¬ 
ity in that indispensable emotion that it is 
difficult to find either a starting or a stopping 
place. Human love, in its first stages, is an 
emotion. It originates through the use of 
the five senses, and is stirred into action by 
some admirable characteristic of the object 
of the affection. Sooner or later, the emo¬ 
tion, when firmly fixed in the mentality, is 
known as love. There may be such a thing 
as love at first sight, but that is hardly pos- 





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sible. A young man and woman may meet 
and become immediately attractive to each 
other. After a time, they think it was love 
at first sight, but the affection had then 
grown to a reality, and seemed as if it had 
always existed. 

Passion and desire have much to do with 
first exciting the emotions, and then in cre¬ 
ating love. Passion and desire are animal 
propensities, and are part of the nature of 
almost every human being. Passion and de¬ 
sire belong to the procreative function, and 
when strongly developed are almost uncon¬ 
trollable. Under such a condition, these pro¬ 
pensities create great mental suffering and 
distress, both to their possessor and to the 
victims of their inordinate desire. 

Love, calmly controlled and carefully 
trained, is the best and most satisfactory of 
mental developments. It is a cellular influ¬ 
ence that is subject to intense feeling, espe¬ 
cially when not held under subjection. Love, 
reasonable, controllable, is an inestimable 
treasure. It creates happy homes, propa¬ 
gates wonderful, much valued families, is the 


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cause of personal and public contentment, 
and prompts joy and happiness too blissful 
for description. These great boons to hu¬ 
manity, and for the good of the world, spring 
from the existence of true, unalloyed love. 

There are other types of love, some of 
which are commendable, but none of them 
compare with the true love that knows no 
turning, no end except death, no sorrow that 
does not change to joy in the presence of its 
idol, no diminution because of separation, no 
suffering when privations intervene, and no 
fear that God will not approve it. There is a 
love principally kept alive by passion, that is 
real and commendable, until misfortune in¬ 
terposes, when the possessor of the passion¬ 
ate love will seek another affinity. 

Then, there is the all-consuming love, that 
incites jealousy and causes its victim to be¬ 
come partly demented, when excited by jeal¬ 
ous apprehensions. Such a love would be 
both desirable and admirable if it could be 
controlled by reason. But that is not always 
possible. The excitable temperament of the 
possessor may not be controllable, or the sin- 
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cerity and disloyalty of the consort may be 
the cause of the jealously. In that event, the 
situation is truly to be regretted. No mental 
agony could be evoked that would cause so 
much misery as jealousy prompted by love. 
It is a mental hell turned loose for the time 
being. It is a torment too intense, unbear¬ 
able and painful to describe. It is despair, 
temporary death to hope, and complete de¬ 
jection, all consolidated and flung into the 
heart at one time. Such is jealousy. 

There is a cure for all the tribulations 
caused by love, but no alleviation for love 
itself. Love is an attribute that should need 
no easement. It should stand forever in 
token of the heart's affection. What is life 
without love? A mental desert without an 
oasis, a broad sea without a landing place, a 
long silence without a joyful awakening, a 
mind without a kind thought. 

The cure for unrequited love, for disap¬ 
pointments, jealousy, uncontrollable desire, 
disloyalty, lack of control, and other love af¬ 
flictions is a change in the mentality. Love 
itself, when loyal and true, needs no change, 

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but mental troubles growing out of a lack of 
control require a panacea, which may only be 
obtained through the efficacy of prayer. 
Prayer will upbuild the mental control for 
right thinking. That is what love disap¬ 
pointment needs. Jealousy, dejection and 
similar love tribulations may be put into the 
discard by mental strength to be found in 
sincere, earnest prayer. Pray for strength 
to do right and keep on praying, night and 
day, until relief is had. 


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CHAPTER XXVII 


STIRRING UP THE EMOTIONS TO RECRUIT CHURCH 
MEMBERS IS NOT ADVISABLE. SUCH METHODS OF 
INDUCING PEOPLE TO REFORM THEIR SINFUL WAYS 
SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED BY RELIGIOUS OR¬ 
GANIZATIONS. 


HE well known injurious effect of 
strongly developed emotions on 
the mind of a nervous person 
should be convincing proof that 
emotional religion is not advisable as a re¬ 
formative agent. It is true that stirring up 
the emotions at a religious meeting is an ef¬ 
fective method of recruiting church mem¬ 
bers, but as a rule people who shed tears and 
fall to their knees whenever they hear a 
preacher shout hallelujah are not safe and 
reliable converts. Exciting the emotions for 
religious purposes is like painting a house to 
hide the weather stains. Beneath the sur¬ 
face of sanctity there will still remain the 
thought and desire for wrong doing. Emo¬ 
tions are mental impressions, instinctive im¬ 
pulses. They are manifestations created by 



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the five senses, and are of a physical nature. 
They are not mental activities in a true 
sense, although they may be sufficiently de¬ 
veloped to become nervous diseases. 

All vertebrate animals, including man, are 
subject to emotional excitement. The five 
senses, touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing, 
incite, rage, fear, awe, affection, joy, tender¬ 
ness, repulsion and similar sensations in 
animals as well as in mankind. These sen¬ 
sations are the promptings of instinct and 
do not belong to that part of the mentality 
controlled by the intellect. Man, because of 
his highly developed nervous system, is more 
temperamental than other vertebrates, and 
is subject to emotional sensations in a 
greater and more effective degree. Especially 
is this true of people whose religious training 
has caused them to regard religion as a 
spiritual acquirement, separate and distinct 
from the ordinary affairs of an earthly ex¬ 
istence. The more nervous and hysterical a 
person may be, the greater will be his incli¬ 
nation to see and hear things. There is only 
a step between emotional awe evoked by a 

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religious ceremony and downright religious 
frenzy. Both are emotions incited by an in¬ 
stinctively nervous temperament. Emotions 
may also be aroused by the imagination. But 
they never result from careful thought and 
studious effort to store the mind with knowl¬ 
edge. 

Both instinct and emotions are creations 
of impulse and are destructive to peace and 
comfort when developed into a controlling 
mental influence. Nervous, emotional people 
acquire the habit of seeing ghosts and spirits, 
others fancy they are afflicted with chronic 
diseases, and many apparently well informed 
persons believe that they are controlled by 
supernatural influences. Such mental abber- 
rations should be overcome and banished 
from the mind. They do not indicate per¬ 
fect sanity, and if allowed to grow in 
strength and influence they will unbalance 
the mind and cause dementia. A religious 
belief that advocates emotional excitement to 
induce the conversion of unbelievers will fail 
in its purpose. Emotion will not, cannot, 
permanently change the trend of mental ac- 


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tivities. It may hold tendencies for wrong 
doing in restraint while the excitement pre¬ 
vails, but emotion is not a sensation that cre¬ 
ates cellular activities and could not be made 
a regenerative agent. There is only one ef¬ 
fective way to regenerate a mentality, and 
that method is fully explained elsewhere in 
this volume. 

The diversity of belief in present-day re¬ 
ligions is caused by emotions incited by 
varied ceremonies and other means of arous¬ 
ing instinctive reformation. We enter a 
church with a feeling of awe because the 
premises are dedicated to the worship of 
God. The music, services, ceremonies and 
other rites impress us with the importance 
of yielding submisively to a mysterious in¬ 
fluence which impels us to feel that God is 
near. That same devout sensation is aroused 
when in the presence of the dead, and there 
is an instinctive feeling that possibly the 
spirit of the departed may be hovering over 
us. These emotions are impulsive and are 
created by the solemnity of the occasion. 
Similar sensations may be aroused by other 

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circumstances and conditions. A properly 
conducted spiritual seance incites creepy feel¬ 
ings. A dark path through lonely woods, or 
the passing of a graveyard at night, will send 
chills speeding up the spinal column. But 
these sensations are transitory. They are 
not mental creations, and are not to be asso¬ 
ciated with mental activities. 

Successful business and professional men 
do not allow an emotional nature to guide 
and control their affairs. It requires good, 
practical common sense to achieve success in 
any reasonable undertaking. No great in¬ 
dustrial or other enterprise was ever safely 
guided through its early troubles by emo¬ 
tional thought or the impulse of instinct. 
Emotion is not practical and instinct has no 
upbuilding power, or animal life would now 
be stepping in the footsteps of man. It will 
require a mind purged of misbelief and un¬ 
realities to merit the favor of the Great 
Creator. Such a mentality cannot be purified 
by emotional conversion. 


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THAT MAN DOES MUCH TO PREVENT THE ENJOYMENT 
OF A LONG LIFE. AND THE FULL USE OF HIS MEN¬ 
TALITY. 


HE mentality is the man, and if the 
brain cellular organism which con¬ 
stitutes the mind is strong and 
vigorous, the person possessing it 
will be healthy, free from physical troubles, 
and will live a long and useful life. There 
are a number of reasons why that statement 
is true. The mind controls every organ and 
function of the body. The slightest pain, ill¬ 
ness, movement, or lack of function of any 
organ is made known through the mentality. 
Should the mind be weakened through the 
use of narcotics, tobacco, strong drink or ex¬ 
cessive or unnatural indulgences, the bodily 
functions will suffer and illness will follow. 
Brain storms, and other forms of rage and 
fits of temper, are injurious to the mind, and 
if persisted in will cause loss of mental con¬ 
trol. The habit of overeating, and every 
other habit that causes ill health, are indica- 



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tions of mental weakness. Frequent indulg¬ 
ences will cause the cellular control and the 
bodily functions to lose their vitality, and 
finally end in developing disease. 

People in the youth and vigor of life are 
prone to forget that the pitcher may be car¬ 
ried once too often to the well. There is a 
limit to the strength and vitality of brain 
cells, also of bodily functions. Sometimes, 
inherited weakness causes the danger point 
of a breakdown to be nearer. But, in any 
event, that breakdown must come sooner or 
later, either from old age or irrational in¬ 
dulgences. It is better to always keep in mind 
the one life-saving thought, never let a habit 
be made a mental fixture. Before we become 
invalids, or victims of mental and physical 
disorders, there must be a loss of brain 
cellular vigor in some part of our mentalities. 
It is true that the weakness may be inher¬ 
ited, but it was the result of overindulgence 
on the part of an ancestor, and the argument 
applies just the same. To avoid a mental 
and physical breakdown, care should be 
taken not to allow habit to cause overin- 


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dulgence. Excesses of every kind impair men¬ 
tal and physical vigor, and shorten the span 
of life. 

The mentality or mind when normal, is the 
strongest, yet most sensitive, physical func¬ 
tion connected with our anatomy. It is the 
fount that supplies us with life, vigor and 
strength, and keeps our other functions in 
good condition, when not overworked. It is 
the supreme element of human existence, and 
for that reason should be cared for as our 
most precious possession. But who ever 
thought of preserving a mentality ? If a leg is 
sprained, or a tooth aches, we run to the doc¬ 
tor. If we have a pain, something must be 
done to alleviate the suffering. Nine times 
out of ten we have been mentally warned 
that these afflictions would come, unless 
means were taken to prevent them. It must 
be plain, then, that we should protect our¬ 
selves from the assaults of nature by not al¬ 
lowing deterimental habits to get control of 
our appetites, desires and other animal pro¬ 
pensities, and also by keeping our mentalities 
strong and vigorous. 


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The question every self-respecting man 
should ask himself is whether or not he can 
afford to sacrifice his health, comfort, future 
hope of salvation and all else in life worth 
preserving for the apparent temporary en¬ 
joyment of bad habits and excessive in¬ 
dulgences. That vital query is worthy of 
careful consideration. It is easier to give up 
wrong doing in the earlier stages of that ex¬ 
perience than it will be when life's energies 
and vigor have been sapped and weakened by 
harmful practices. A mentality cannot be 
successfully regenerated when its cellular 
tissues do not respond to mental activities. 
The old saying that “it is never too late to 
repent" is no longer applicable to human re¬ 
formation. Long-continued overindulgence 
of any kind destroys the vitality of the brain 
cellular tissue and causes mental and physi¬ 
cal disability. The time to stop doing wrong 
is when we have mental strength and ability 
to do so. 


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THAT INTUITION, MENTAL INSTINCT, IS ANOTHER 
PROOF THAT MAN’S INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE 
ACQUIRED FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES ARE ATTAINED 
BY MEANS OF THE FIVE SENSES. 

a ENTAL instinct, or intuition, as it 
is commonly known, is a feeling 
prompted by the five senses. See¬ 
ing a horrid object prompts a feel¬ 
ing of dislike. The sight of a beautiful per¬ 
son or thing causes the opposite impression. 
Hearing, touch, taste and smell each prompt 
similar likes and dislikes. The gentle sex is 
more sensitive to moods brought on by the 
senses. Women are more emotional and 
possess quicker and more acute perception 
than men. Whenever a woman's prejudices 
are aroused by the first appearance of a man, 
or an object that attracts her attention, it 
will be found on investigation that the opin¬ 
ion thus formed is not far wrong. Mental 
instinct is simply an opinion formed by an 
impression created by the five senses. It is 
a function that may not always be reliable. 

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Prejudices and dislikes are ugly things to 
deal with, and when aroused great care 
should be taken to investigate them in order 
to avoid mistakes. 

Mental instinct, or intuition, that creates 
favorable impressions is not so dangerous. 
But there are times when a handsome, clean¬ 
looking rascal, or an attractive, beautiful ob¬ 
ject, may be very deceptive until more closely 
investigated, when it will prove to be any¬ 
thing but desirable. There is a class of men 
who make it a business to prey on women 
susceptible to flattery and an attractive ap¬ 
pearance. These men know that good looks 
go a long way towards convincing a woman 
that almost any kind of a business venture 
is profitable, or that the woman, herself, is 
wonderfully charming, provided she has 
money. Intuition, therefore, is not always to 
be trusted, especially when there is either 
money or future happiness at stake. We were 
endowed with mentalities to be used to pro¬ 
tect ourselves from flattery, deception, im¬ 
pulsive acts and other means of interfering 
with our welfare. Always think carefully, 

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when intuition prompts an undertaking. Get 
at the facts before investing in an enterprise 
recommended by mental instinct. 


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THAT ABILITY TO DO THINGS. TO ACCOMPLISH SATIS¬ 
FACTORY RESULTS, TO BRING ABOUT SUCCESSFUL 
ISSUES, TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE. TO LEARN TO 
MEMORIZE AND TO BECOME PROFICIENT IN PHYSICAL 
FEATS ARE RESULTS OF MENTAL TRAINING. 

HEN a problem of any kind is pre¬ 
sented to a man and he throws up 
his hands and exclaims, “That is 
too deep for me,” you may take 
it for granted that the man is either preju¬ 
diced or is possessed with a non-active, dense 
mentality. A lazy mentality might express 
the condition better. Prejudice has more to 
do with our not trying to understand mental 
propositions than any other reason. One 
churchman will say that Christian Science is 
“no good,” without knowing anything about 
its principles; another will excuse himself 
from reading a new religious theory, with 
the statement that “the old way is good 
enough for me,” and a third person will say, 
“You cannot expect me to understand this 
new belief, or to be convinced of its worthi- 



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ness; it is too deep for me/’ after he has 
read it over several times times. Here are 
three evidences of prejudice. The last one 
is least excusable. Even prejudice may be 
overcome by mental effort. It is a question 
of mental training. 

Learning to play a musical instrument be¬ 
comes a habit after much practice. The fin¬ 
gers, mind and sense of hearing are trained 
to be agile and expert by the time the habit 
is acquired. We learn a lesson by study and 
the use of an ability to memorize. Study 
develops the ability to memorize. The same 
mental application enables us to solve prob¬ 
lems, acquire knowledge, or to understand 
whether or not we are worshipping a real 
God or a myth. Mental application, mental 
training, points out the false from the true. 
It establishes fact and overthrows fiction. 
It shows what is right and what is wrong, 
but the information may not be had without 
mental activity. The person who will study 
a proposition without prejudice may always 
be convinced, either one way or the other. 
But the one who reads it without allowing 
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the argument to create an impression, will 
know no more about its worth than would a 
fly resting on the ceiling. Everything we 
know, or do, must necessarily become a crea¬ 
tion of mental activity. Should the mental 
organism be sluggish, and refuse to respond 
to mental effort, there is little hope of our 
ever astonishing the world with acts of men¬ 
tal and physical genius. 

Look farther into the acquirements of 
mental training and mental effort. See the 
gymnast in his nimble, daring physical feats, 
which show the result of mental training. 
Every movement and act, and their remark¬ 
able precision, required years of study and 
practice, every moment of which the gym¬ 
nast employed his mind in achieving this 
proficiency. Without this mental training 
the physical ability could not have been de¬ 
veloped. Oratorical ability, business ability, 
and every other ability that is successful and 
worth having, are created by mental train¬ 
ing and rendered useful by mental effort. 
Such success cannot be accomplished by 
sluggish minds, or those controlled by pre- 

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judice. Mental training creates habit, wheth¬ 
er it be right or wrong—the habit of a busi¬ 
ness nature, or the habit of speaking in pub¬ 
lic, playing a musical instrument, throwing 
somersaults, or of becoming proficient in any 
other manner. We must first acquire the 
habit of doing things before we can be suc¬ 
cessful. That assertion applies to our efforts 
to understand right from wrong, and how to 
do right. 

Our mentalities guide, control and record 
our every thought, impulse, act and deed. 
We do everything in life in accordance with 
our brain cellular development. That devel¬ 
opment is created by mental activity, caused 
by mental effort. The effort results from 
the use of the six senses. The five senses, 
touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing, prompt 
mental activities to acquire information and 
knowledge from outside sources, and the 
sixth or super-sense, known as our innate 
nature, controls activities awakened by mem¬ 
ory, study, ability to invent and devise, to 
prepare ourselves for immortality, to dis¬ 
tinguish between right and wrong, and to do 

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everything else that a mentality is capable 
of doing, including the control of our phy¬ 
sical functions. The record of our mentali¬ 
ties is shown by the brain cellular develop¬ 
ment. If we dance, the mental effort prompts 
the use of activities that control both mental 
and physical functions. That explanation 
applies to everything we do where both men¬ 
tal and physical functions are called into ac¬ 
tivity. If we study, both the sight and mem¬ 
orizing functions are employed. If we simply 
ponder, or use the mind to think out prob¬ 
lems, the sixth sense alone controls our men¬ 
tal activities. Every physical and mental act 
is the result of brain cellular activities crea¬ 
ted by mental effort, or impulse. This brain 
cellular development is located in the brain 
organ, and it is known as our mentality. It 
consists of myriads of nerve or brain cells, 
which are connected with nerve fibers that 
ramify in every function and part of our 
bodies. The brain cells that actuate and 
cause mental and physical movements are 
congregated in centers in the various parts 
of the brain organism. These centers control 


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the different mental and physical functions, 
which enable us to be useful to ourselves 
and to the world. Life inspires us and is 
the means of our existence. To life we also 
are indebted for the ability to procreate and 
perpetuate mankind. 

The process of mental training, mental de¬ 
velopment and the necessity of preserving 
our mentalities, that they may be strong and 
vigorous, should be clear to careful and un¬ 
prejudiced readers. Mental training to de¬ 
velop an ability for wrong doing, is the same 
as when developing an ability to do right, 
to acquire an education, or to learn to pla.v 
a musical instrument, or to do anything else 
to be done. It is exclusively a physical pro¬ 
cess of brain cellular development, and any¬ 
thing we do right or wrong becomes a habit 
if continued long enough to be acquired. 
Should it be a habit that injures health, mor¬ 
als, or reputation, and an effort is made to 
discontinue it, that effort must become a 
habit that will overthrow and subjugate the 
one that is undesirable. In that way right 
doing is made to overcome wrong doing. 

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Should we desire to place ourselves on record 
as candidates for immortality, we should 
carry constantly in our thoughts the words, 
“I want to do right, I want to see the right, 
I want to know the right.” Such a desire, 
developed into a habit that will control our 
mentalities, would finally result in our be¬ 
coming worthy of immortality. 


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THAT THE MOST LAUDABLE AMBITION TO WHICH MAN 
OR WOMAN COULD ASPIRE, IS TO BECOME A PARENT 
OF HEALTHY, INTELLECTUAL, MORAL CHILDREN, 
WITH VIGOROUS, ACTIVE MENTALITIES. 

T IS natural for us to love children 
and to like to see them full of life 
and good nature. We admire 
them because they are innocent 
of the mental afflictions that may later seize 
them in their toils. We cherish innocence 
and protect it with heartfelt interest, when 
necessary to do so. We look upon a child as 
we do a beautiful flower just blossoming into 
beauty and fragrance. The innocent child 
represents the most beautiful and valuable 
thing in nature’s domain. The flower is the 
adornment that reminds us of the import¬ 
ance of retaining the childhood innocence 
throughout adult life. The early life of a 
child is innocent and free from guile, because 
the process of mental development has not 
been smirched with the influence and exper¬ 



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iences that beset the growing mentality in 
later years. The environments of the family 
circle, where children are usually reared, are 
seldom invaded by the gross activities of the 
ordinary adult existence. Opportunity has 
not yet come to sully the innocence of child¬ 
hood. 

There are several reasons why adult life 
mars the innocence of childhood, and some¬ 
times displaces it entirely from the person's 
mind. One of these reasons is the develop¬ 
ment of objectionable inherited traits of 
character. Usually these carnal traits do not 
manifest themselves until maturity. It is 
then that the development of inherited cellu¬ 
lar influences begin to control the mental ac¬ 
tivities. Other inherited traits, like those 
of a turbulent, violent temper, tendencies to 
pilfer, inclinations to be cunning, greedy, 
vicious, and similar taints, may become ap¬ 
parent. Also there are commendable inher¬ 
ited traits of character developed. The next 
reason for the disappearance of childhood's 
innocence will be found in the acquired influ¬ 
ences that cause wrong doing. Bad habits 


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may be developed, because of the reprehens¬ 
ible example set by the parents, evil-minded 
playmates, and others with whom the young¬ 
sters may come in contact. Growing chil¬ 
dren are prone to follow the examples of 
those with whom they are associated. That 
is one way they acquire mental training. 

The last and most serious reason why 
childhood innocence is banished when the 
adult age has been reached, is the absence 
of the moral influences created by early men¬ 
tal training. Learning to do right when the 
mentality is acquiring its first education 
builds a foundation for the accession of fu¬ 
ture moral training that is a strong defense 
against desires for wrong doing. Mental ac¬ 
tivities acquired early in life are always most 
desirable. They retain their vigor longer 
and are easier to control. That statement 
will be substantiated by people well along in 
years, whose memories recall early exper¬ 
iences, when those of later years have been 
forgotten. The mental training for the first 
thirty-five years of life fixes the character of 
a person, and determines the value of his 


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mental activities. He may accomplish great¬ 
er undertakings after that period, but his 
mental abilities will not have been made 
stronger and more effective by these exper¬ 
iences. After the first thirty-five years, 
habits and vices, if acquired, will have be¬ 
come strong influences, and will begin to 
work injury to the mentality. 

Parents cannot overestimate the import¬ 
ance of giving their children a moral mental 
training, an education in moral culture. Such 
a training may prevent their falling into the 
pitfall of wickedness in later years. It may 
prove a safeguard that will protect them 
from evil associations, and the acquirement 
of bad habits and vicious tendencies. It may 
keep them from becoming disreputable and 
unworthy, and from sinking into the depths 
of poverty and despair. Teach the children 
to pray while their mentalities are being de¬ 
veloped and their characters are forming. 
Give them to understand what prayer means 
to them, and the protection it will afford in 
times of need. Show them clearly and plain¬ 
ly that prayer for right doing, right think- 
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ing, and right seeing into the problems of 
life, will strengthen their minds and cause 
them to be healthy, vigorous and ready to 
meet any and all emergencies. Tell them to 
pray at every possible opportunity, and not 
to pray in public or where their prayers will 
attract attention. They are to pray for their 
own welfare and for nothing else. Induce 
them to be sincere and earnest in their pray¬ 
ers, that their mentalities may be invigor¬ 
ated and influenced for right doing. Pray 
with them until they have acquired the pray¬ 
er habit, and see that they grow into adult 
life still retaining their childhood innocence. 


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READ AND MEND YOUR WAYS 







CHAPTER I 


THE SIX SENSES 

HE six senses have been designated 
as the working tools of the brain 
because they incite brain cellular 
activity and arouse mental and 
physical energy. As a matter of fact there 
could be no animate existence without the 
use of the senses, for the reason that they 
provide their possessors with ability to seek 
maintenance and protect themselves from 
danger. The lower orders of animal life on 
land and in the water maintain an existence 
by the use of the senses of feeling and see¬ 
ing, and as the various orders advance in de¬ 
velopment and importance other senses are 
necessary for them to exist. The use of 
the different senses designates and distin¬ 
guishes the status or position in life of the 
varied forms of animate existence. The ver¬ 
tebrate family is possessed with the five 
senses, touch, taste, sight, smell and hear- 



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ing. Human beings are endowed with an 
additional sixth or intellectual sense, which 
has enabled them to assume control of earth¬ 
ly transitory creations. The uses of the 
senses are as follows: 

TOUCH: Enables animate life to realize 
by actual contact the size, form and consist¬ 
ency of objects, and the character of their 
surface. 

TASTE, enables mankind to recognize 
flavors. The sense of taste is located in the 
tongue, soft palate and connecting organs. 

SIGHT, is the faculty by which we receive 
impressions of light, movement, form, size 
and shades of color, and the manifold beau¬ 
ties of nature and art. 

SMELL, is the sense by which odors of all 
kinds are perceived and recognized. 

HEARING, is the sense that detects and 
recognizes varied forms of sound of every 
kind and nature. 

THE INNATE INTELLECTUAL SENSE, 
enables mankind to acquire and retain infor¬ 
mation and knowledge, to invent, devise, 
think out problems, upbuild the mind, wor- 

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ship God, seek immortality, and do every¬ 
thing mankind does except to touch, taste, 
smell, see and hear. 


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CONCERNING BRAIN CELLULAR 
DEVELOPMENT 



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JjEADERS are requested to carefully 
study the localization of brain 
cellular functions as shown in the 
following illustrations. When 
these cerebral functions are energized by the 
germ of human life they incite thought and 
physical activity under the control of the six 
senses. The seat of all human activities is 
within the brain organ. There could be no 
thought, movement or physical activity of 
any kind unless its impulse is first incited 
by brain cellular energy. The cerebral organ 
is the engine that moves the physical mach¬ 
ine or body, and without its mental force 
there could be no movement. The brain cel¬ 
lular organ is hidden safely in the cranium, 
and no external power or influence can dis¬ 
turb or arouse its energy. All information 
and knowledge must be received and impart¬ 
ed by the use of the six senses. 


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It is difficult to understand how the essen¬ 
tials of the human body, the blood, bone, 
flesh and sinew could be transmitted from 
parents to child during the process of propa¬ 
gation. The germ of human life, the agent 
of that mystery is an unknown element of 
creation, as are all germs of life that cause 
the growth of myriads of different forms of 
life in animate and inanimate existence. 
The secret of the reproduction and procrea¬ 
tion of life will probably never be known to 
mankind. Another mystery is the growth 
and development of human life. The mo¬ 
ment an infant opens its eyes to the light, 
its mental training begins, and from that 
time until the end of its earthly career the 
child, or the adult, will be guided and con¬ 
trolled by brain cellular activities. All in¬ 
formation and knowledge of every kind and 
nature will be stored away in the memory 
cells of the child, or adult, to be withdrawn 
for use whenever called upon by cellular en¬ 
ergy, after which it may be imparted to 
other human beings by use of the senses. 
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growth, development and mental training 
must be experienced by every human being. 
There is no supernatural or other control to 
lend its influence to hasten or assist this 
mental or physical development. Life is the 
inspiration of all existence; the upbuilding 
influence of everything creative; the prob¬ 
able cause of the creation of the universe. 
What is life? The most plausible reply is 
that God is Life. 


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Brain 












Human Brain 



Fig. i 




































Localization of Functions of the Brain 

This plate is meant to show the situation in the brain of 
the centres presiding over various movements of the body. 

The upper figure is from a cast of the head of an adult 
male. The scalp has been removed from one side of the 
head, and also nearly all the bone, arches of bone only be¬ 
ing left to retain the brain in place and indicate the posi¬ 
tion of parts. 

F. E. marks what would be the position of the prominent 
part of bone on the forehead, called the frontal eminence. 
P. E. indicates the position of the prominent part of the 
parietal bone on the side of the head, the parietal emi¬ 
nence. R. is the fissure of Rolando, P. the intraparietal 
figure, P. O. the external patrietooccipital fissure. S. the 
fissure of Sylvus P. parallel fissure, and T. middle tem¬ 
poral fissure. L. S. is the lateral sinus, a channel for the 
conveyance of blood from the brain to the veins of the 
neck. This figure, therefore, illustrates how far from the 
outside of the head the position of various regions of the 
brain can be localized. 

The lower figure illustrates the localization from the 
outside of the head of the situation, in the brain within, of 
various important centres. A. B. curved line, indicates 
from the outside of the relative depth of the various re¬ 
gions of brain within. C. marks the top of the fissure of 
Rolando, on each side of which downwards the various 
centres are situated; and the regions in the convolutions 
of the brain devoted to movements of various parts of the 
body are shown. 

These diagrams will render plain how the surgeon is 
guided in an operation on the brain, in determining at 
what point to pierce the skull, in order to reach the par¬ 
ticular part of the brain which the symptoms suggest to 
be disturbed by pressure of a growth, or abcess, or some 
other removable cause. 

Fig. 1—Head and Neck, Section from Front to Back 

1. Wind-pipe; 2, Larynx; 3, Spinal marrow; 4, Pharynx; 
5, Tongue or Hyoid bone; 6, Epiglottis; 7, Tongue; 8, 
Hard palate; 9, Soft palate; 10, Bridge of the Nose; 11, 
Frontal cavity; 12, Sphenoid cavity; 13, Nasal cavity; 14, 
Skin of the skull; 15, Bony skull; 16, Hypophisis; 17, Cor- 


pus callosum; 18, Septum lucidum; 19, Straight sinus; 20, 
Cerebellum; 21, Cerebrum, right hemisphere; 22, Lobes of 
the Medulla; 23, Pons Varolii; 24, Medulla Oblongata; 25, 
Zone of the Epistropheus; 26, Vertebrae; 27, Spinal con¬ 
tinuation of the Vertebrae. 

Fig. 2—Brain, Cross-Section from Left to Right 

3, Thala.myx; 2, Skull; 3, Cerebral membrane; 4, Cere¬ 
bral hemisphere; 5, Lateral ventricle; 6, Optic lobe; 7, 
Septum lucidum; 8, Longitudinal sinus; 9, Great lingitu- 
dinal fissure; 10, Corpus callosum; 11, Median cerebral 
cavity; 12, Cerebral hemisphere; 13, Gray matter; 14, 
White matter; 15, Corpora Albicantia. 

Fig 3—Brain Viewed from Above 

1, Occipital convolution; 2, Occipital lobe; 3, Inner parie¬ 
tal convolution; 4, Left cerebral hemisphere; 5, Inner 
frontal convolution; 6, Right cerebral hemisphere; 7, 
Frontal lobe; 8, Longitudinal fissure; 9, Median frontal 
convolution; 10, Occipital centre convolution; 11, Frontal 
centre convolution; 12, Outer frontal convolution; 13, Out¬ 
er parietal convolution; 14, Median parietal convolution. 

Fig. 4—Base of the Brain 

1, Eleventh or spinal accessory nerve; 2, Right hemi¬ 
sphere of the cerebellum; 3, Twelfth or hypoglossal nerve; 
4, Ninth or glossopharyngeal nerve; 5, Eighth or auditory 
nerve; 6, Seventh or facial nerve; 7, Medulla Oblongata; 
8, Fifth or trigemenus (trifacial) nerve; 9, Central lobe; 
10, Fourth or trochlear nerve; 11, Sixth or abduceus nerve; 
12, Pons Varolii; 13, Right frontal lobe of the cerebrum; 
14, Lobes of the medulla; 15, Optic chiasm; 16, Second or 
optic nerve; 17, Left frontal lobe; 18, First or olfactory 
nerve; 19, Sylvian fissure; 20, Third or occula-motor nerve; 
21, Tenth or pneumo-gastric nerve; 22, Left hemisphere of 
the Cerebellum. 









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